Jetavana was one of the most famous of the Buddhist monasteries in India. It was the second monastery donated to Gautama Buddha, after the Veluvana in Rajagaha. Jetavana is located just outside the old city of Savatthi. There was also an important Jetavana monastery in Sri Lanka. Jetavana was the place where the Buddha gave the majority of his tea...
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(from the article `South Asian arts`) ...at the cardinal points, often adorned with sculpture. There are many stpas at the ancient capital of Anurdhapura, at Polonnaruva, and at other ... ...special occasion for making offerings of food and provisions (especially cloth for robes) to monks. These shelters evolved into monasteries that .....
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