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The present chapter explicates the contributions of Buddhism and Andhra for the development of each other by pointing out how Buddhism engendered a spirit of cosmopolitanism among the people of Andhra. It argues that the impact of the interaction between the two is not only limited to religion or philosophy alone but also is visible overwhelmingly in art, sculpture, education, literature, etc. Further, the chapter argues that the widespread acceptance of Mahāyāna Buddhism owes itself to the cosmopolitan character of early Buddhism, something that was nurtured during its interaction with Andhra.
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Global Religious Landscape (2012) in its demographic study informs us that among the 488 million Buddhists worldwide those who are affiliated to Mahāyāna are the largest, because of their ‘prevalence in several countries with large Buddhist populations, particularly in China, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam’. Theravāda Buddhists, the study informs, ‘the second largest branch is concentrated in such countries as Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Loas, Combodia. Vajrayana Buddhism, the smallest of the three major branches is concentrated in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and Mongolia’.https://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-buddhist/.
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Immanuel Kant presents this in his Perpetual Peace (1795).
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Devarakonda, B. (2020). Mutual Contributions of Buddhism and Andhra. In: Philosophical Doctrines of the Andhakas. SpringerBriefs in Religious Studies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5686-9_4
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