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VySkarana, visited Orisa. In Dhana ^^idvipa lie performed 

 religious cei^emonies in the great Vihara of pridhanya Kataka 

 and established about a hundred chapels (devalaya) (p. 96). 



Vastjmitra. 



The sage Vasumitra resided for some time in Orisa' where 

 the Brahman Maksika had received instruction in Buddhist sacred 

 literature from him during the time. It is also stated that while 

 he was preaching the Bharma (Buddhism) in Orisa a mine of pre- 

 cious stones was discovered there. 



DlIjNAGA, 



Dignaga, who had studied metaphysics and logic under Vasu- 

 mitra, was able to recite from memory five hundi^ed sutra. He per- 

 formed ascetical meditation (Samadhi) for many years, by residing 

 in the rock-cavern of Bhora fila in Orisa, Here, on account of his 

 great learning, he is said to have been miraculously visited by 

 Bodhisattva Manju pri. 



From Orisa he travelled to Nalanda and was present at the 

 great religious disputation, which was held there by the Brahmans, 

 under the lead of a famous Brahman logician named Subur-jaya 

 (probabhy Sudurjaya, the unconquerable), with the Buddhists. Diq- 

 naga completely defeated the Tirthika disputants and became famed 

 as the Tarka Pungava (chief logician) . He wrote about 100 meta- 

 physical treatises. 



wrote 



famous philosophical work called the Pramana samuccaya of which 

 the literal translation exists in Tibet. After visiting Southern 

 India and diffusing Buddhism there, he returned to Orisa. Here 

 he was mvited by a Brahman minister of the king of Orisa, named 

 Bhadra Palita, in whose garden he resided. In this garden there 

 was a medicmal tree of great value which was found withering, 

 pignagabrought life to it by his holy touch and prayerful bless- 

 ings. Here the great philosopher died. 



Triratna Dasa. 



At a place called Utkala, on the sea coast of Orisa, when a 

 S°^^^-^ /®'^°'^°'^^ serpent had issued forth from the sea, the 

 ofth rf ^S^A ^^'"^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^'^ *^e people from the ravages 



tliat he was sumamed 



charms ^ ^. 



learning and wisdom 



first 



^Kr ? ^^^ka's time). He established fifty religious 



the sa^^V """ ^-T^^ ^^ *^" ^^^?^^- He became a disciple of 

 D wll ^^^"^'^"^^ ^^d cultivated friendship with the philosopher 

 v^XeS nf f V-T^ \StrotTa on the Anantaguna (he of boundless 

 Jirtues) of which an abridgment was made bv D nnic^n,. * --- 



wu T""^^ ?^ Buddhism was greatly 

 Bhadra PaHta of Orisa. ^ 



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