Sārnāth

Sārnāth is a small village on the outer edge of the city of Vārāṇasī in Template:Wiki and is the place where the Buddha first proclaimed his Dhamma to the world. The name Sārnāth is a recent one and is derived from the term ‘lord of the deer.’ At the time of the Buddha, the place was a wildlife reserve called Isipatana. In the centuries after the Buddha, Sārnāth grew into a great centre of culture and Template:Wiki. Today the ruins of Sārnāth cover a wide area and a museum on the site houses a large collection of artefacts found there.

Sarnath, V.S. Agrawala, 1992. Template:R www.buddhisma2z.com