Question

Which of the following Buddhist texts refer to the sixteen Mahajanapadas ?
1. Anguttara Nikaya
2. Pradnyaparmitasutra
3. Nitishastra
4. Digha Nikaya

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Anguttara Nikaya

The Correct Answer is Anguttara Nikaya.

• The Anguttr Nikaya, Mahavastu (Buddhist texts), Bhagwati Sutra (Jain texts) texts refer to 16 Mahajanapadas. 
• Gandhara and Kamboj are mentioned in Anguttara Nikaya.
• The Mahajanapadas-Sibi, Darshan, is referred to in Mahavastu.
• The book belongs ti Mahayana Buddhism

• In Mahāyāna Buddhism, Prajñāpāramitā means 'the Perfection of Wisdom.'
• Prajñāpāramitā refers to this perfect way of seeing the essence of truth, as well as to a specific body of sutras and the personification of the "Great Mother" idea in the Bodhisattva (Tibetan: Yum Chenmo).
• The Digha Nikaya is a Buddhist scripture in the Sutta Pitaka, the first of the five nikayas, or sets, which is one of the "three baskets" that make up the (Theravada) Buddhist Pali Tipitaka.