Tamil Buddhist community
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The Tamil Buddhist community was an ancient group of Tamil-speaking Buddhists in South India and Sri Lanka, known for contributing to early Tamil literature, philosophy, and religious culture before largely disappearing or assimilating into other traditions.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tamil Buddhists | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical religious community ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
Buddhist cave inscriptions in Tamil-Brahmi
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Buddhist monastery ruins in Nagapattinam area ⓘ Buddhist stupas in Tamil-speaking regions ⓘ |
| associatedLanguageScript |
Tamil-Brahmi script
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ⓘ
Vatteluttu script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Tamil culture ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty |
Anuradhapura kingdom
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Cholas NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaffna kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Pandyas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPortTown |
Kaveripattinam
GENERATED
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Nagapattinam GENERATED ⓘ Trincomalee region GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTextTradition |
Tamil Buddhist commentarial literature
ⓘ
Tamil Buddhist epics ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Tamil philosophy
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Tamil religious culture ⓘ early Tamil literature ⓘ |
| culturalInteraction |
Sinhalese Buddhist communities
ⓘ
Tamil Hindu communities ⓘ Tamil Jain communities ⓘ |
| declineFactors |
political changes in South India
ⓘ
rise of Saivism in Tamil regions ⓘ shifts in trade routes ⓘ |
| ethnicLanguage | Tamil language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
ancient period
ⓘ
early medieval period ⓘ |
| geographicFocus |
Eastern Sri Lanka
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Northern Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamilakam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalProcess |
assimilated into Hindu traditions
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assimilated into Islamic communities in some regions ⓘ assimilated into other Buddhist traditions ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | largely disappeared as a distinct community ⓘ |
| influenced |
Tamil Jain literature
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Tamil Saiva literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Pali Buddhist canon
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Sanskrit Buddhist literature ⓘ |
| legacy |
Buddhist motifs in Tamil folklore
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Buddhist place-names in Tamil regions ⓘ Tamil Buddhist inscriptions ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
South India
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Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousPractice |
monastic life
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stupa worship ⓘ veneration of the Buddha ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Mahayana Buddhism
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Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tamil Buddhists