UPSC Prelims · 2002 · GS Paper I · Q19
In ancient Indian Buddhist monasteries, a ceremony called Pavarana used to be held. It was the
- (A)occasion to elect the Sanghaparinayaka and two speakers one on Dhamma and the other on Vinaya
- (B)confession by monks of their offences committed during their stay in the monasteries during the rainy season
- (C)ceremony of initiation of new person into the Buddhist Sangha in which the head is shaved an when yellow robes are offered
- (D)gathering of Buddhist monks on the next day to the full moon day of Ashadha when they take up affixed abode for the next four months or rainy season
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Answer: (B) confession by monks of their offences committed during their stay in the monasteries during the rainy season
- Subject
- History
- Chapter
- Jainism, Buddhism & Heterodox Sects
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