Kukkutarama

Kukkutarama was a Buddhist monastery in Pataliputra^[1] in eastern India, which is famous as the location of various "Discourses at the Kukkutarama Monastery", and for the eponymous "Kukkutarama sutra". Kukkutarama was also a Buddhist in Kosambi.

Charles Allen writes that Ashoka built this Monastery and that the Amalaka stupa outside the monastery was built to commemorate his death.^{[citation needed]} Xuanzang and Faxian mentioned the monastery as well.^{[citation needed]}

According to an Ashokavadana legend, the Shunga king Pushyamitra tried to destroy the monastery, but it was saved by a miracle.^[2]

Mahadeva is said to have received his ordination at Kukkutarama (Pataliputta), before becoming the head of the sangha.

References

^ Bibhuti Baruah (2000). Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. Sarup & Sons. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-81-7625-152-5.
^ Lahiri 1974.

Bibliography

Lahiri, Bela (1974). Indigenous states of northern India, circa 200 B.C. to 320 A.D. University of Calcutta. p. 31.

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[Baruah2000-1] Bibhuti Baruah (2000). Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. Sarup & Sons. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-81-7625-152-5.

[FOOTNOTELahiri1974-2] Lahiri 1974.

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