Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism was the son of Suddhodana, the chief of the Sakya republican clan of ……………….

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• Gautama Buddha passed away at the age of 80 at Kusi nagara in …………..
• ………………… had three sons whose lineages are given in the form of listing only the eldest son of the eldest son.
• The term ‘Vis’ in the ………… refers to the tribal unit or clan.
• Buddhism spread far and wide under ………….. patronage.
• After the ………….. period reaction set in against Buddhism and it was divided into Hinayanism and Mahayanism.
• The original belief that one who is sick cannot cure others came to be radically transformed by the bodhisattva ideal, which appeared in the later phase of Buddhism known as …………….
• …………., the emissary said to have been sent by Asoka to Sri Lanka and converted the ruler of that country into Buddhism.
• One day as he was sitting under the Bodhi tree at ………….. and meditating, enlightenment dawned upon him and thus he became the Buddha or the enlightened one.
• Buddha preached his followers the ……………. ‘Noble Truths’ concerning sorrow, the cause of sorrow, the destruction of sorrow and the ways removing of sorrow.
• Due to his loneliness Manu performs a sacrifice, which resulted in the birth of his eldest son, ……………. with whom started the Suryavamsa or Solar Lineage and daughter Ila with whom started the Chandravamsa or the Lunar Lineage.