Aluvihare Rock Temple
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The Aluvihare Rock Temple is a sacred Buddhist temple located in Aluvihare, Matale District of Sri Lanka. Surrounded by hills, the Aluvihara cave temple is situated 30 km north of Kandy on the Matale-
The main entrance of the Aluvihare Rock Temple
Alu Vihare temple in 1896
Pali Canon
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The Pāḷi Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language. It is the most complete extant early Buddhist canon. It derives mainly f
Aluvihare Rock Temple
…and founded the temple after the introduction of Buddhism to the country during his reign. Aluvihare Rock Temple was the historic location where the Pāli Canon was first written down completely in text on ola (palm) leaves. Many monastery caves, some of which exhibit frescoes are situated near this temple. In…
Standard edition of the Thai Pali Canon
In pre-modern times the Pali Canon was disseminated through oral tradition and palm-leaf manuscripts. The leaves are kept together by thin sticks, and the scripture is covered in cloth and kept in a box.
Burmese-Pali manuscript copy of the Buddhist text Mahaniddesa, showing three different types of Burmese script, (top) medium square, (centre) round and (bottom) outline round in red lacquer from the inside of one of the gilded covers
Folios of the Bhikkhuni patimokkha