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Asokārāma
Place阿育王在华氏城建造的一座寺院,目犍连子帝须尊者曾在此主持第三次结集,摩哂陀赴斯里兰卡传教的使团也由此地出发。
A monastery in Pāṭaliputta built by King Asoka, where the Third Buddhist Council was held under Moggaliputta Tissa and from which Mahinda’s mission to Sri Lanka set out.
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