[Buddha-l] Placenames in the Canon

[Stefan Detrez]

Hi Jo and the others,

They sure seem to, if you look at the murals in SE Asian pagodas and

> viharas. Doesn't the story of the Buddha's life lend itself to geographical
> iconicity?
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It surely does.  Finding out what the relations are between placenames and
doctrine will surely lead to a diachronical understanding of the Dhamma,
both with regard to social stratification and evolution. It seems there is
still a lot of work to be done (similar work has been done with the
Therigatas, if I remember well).

Stefan