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- Instance of
- Founded
- 4th century BCE
Overview
All data
4 statements · 50% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Dissolved
- 11th century
On other databases
1 identifiers linking Oddiyana across the web's reference databases
4 statements · 50% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
1 identifiers linking Oddiyana across the web's reference databases
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Udiana, a small region in early medieval India, is ascribed importance in the development and dissemination of Vajrayāna Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhist traditions view it as a Beyul, a legendary heavenly place inaccessible to ordinary mortals. Padmasambhava, the eighth-century Buddhist master who was instrumental in the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet, was believed to have been born in Oddiyana. The Dzogchen Siddha Garab Dorje is likewise attributed to this region.