A HISTORICAL STUDY OF LIFE AND WORK OF THERAĀNANDA

Aggasara; Nilima Chawhan

doi:10.21922/srjhsel.v9i48.8243

Aggasara Ph.D.Research Scholar, Subharti School of Buddhist Studies, Swami Vivekanad Subharti University, Meerut
Nilima Chawhan Professor 8 Head, Subharti School of Buddhist Studies, Swami Vivekanad Subharti University, Meerut.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21922/srjhsel.v9i48.8243

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Abstract

The Venerable Ānanda was one of eighty great disciples of the Buddha, among which he occupied a unique position in the Buddha’s Order. This topic relates to the fact that how he acted himself as a mediator between the Buddha and the monks and the general public as well as the understanding of Ānanda’s life as the personal attendant of the Buddha and his lifelong carrier as the contributor to the Buddha Sāsana. The objective of this paper is the Social, Philosophical, and Historical approach, which will help us to focus on his life and also on what was the social situation, problems, and norms were during the lifetime of the Buddha. One feels that an analytical type of understanding of the subject is required for such an approach.