UPSC · Prelims and Mains
Ancient and Medieval History, Art and Culture
← Religion and philosophyBuddhist schools, Mahayana and the Bodhisattva ideal
- Early Buddhist school divisions and the limits of later labels
- Sarvastivada sautrantika sammitiya
- Mahayana: deification of the Buddha, Bodhisattva path, image worship and rituals, paramitas (perfections), Prajnaparamita
- Bodhisattva: compassionate being who delays own salvation to help all sentient beings; Maitreya the future Buddha, Avalokiteshvara (Padmapani, Lokeshvara), Manjushri
- Madhyamaka yogachara logic
- Vajrayana under the Palas: tantra, Tara, Vikramashila, Odantapuri; transmission to Tibet (Atisha)
- Himalayan monasteries
