Call It Buddha Purnima, Not Buddha Jayanti

Vesak 2082 · Prof. Dr. Naresh Man Bajracharya

A short scholarly intervention by Prof. Naresh Man Bajracharya on the precise terminology of the festival — and what the choice of word reveals about how we understand the Buddha.

Teacher

Prof. Dr. Naresh Man Bajracharya

Tradition

Newar

Site

Kathmandu

Language

Nepali

Recorded

2025

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