Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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Page vii
... Sanskrit . In Germany the Gov- ernments provide more than twenty - just as if Ger- many's interests in India were more than ten times as great as ours . Meanwhile our Government is supine and placid , confident that , somehow or other ...
... Sanskrit . In Germany the Gov- ernments provide more than twenty - just as if Ger- many's interests in India were more than ten times as great as ours . Meanwhile our Government is supine and placid , confident that , somehow or other ...
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... , is spelt in both Sanskrit and Pali , brāhmaṇa . It seems to me a pity to attempt to introduce a spelling , brahman , which is neither English nor Indian . As regards the monarchies , the four referred to above 2 BUDDHIST INDIA.
... , is spelt in both Sanskrit and Pali , brāhmaṇa . It seems to me a pity to attempt to introduce a spelling , brahman , which is neither English nor Indian . As regards the monarchies , the four referred to above 2 BUDDHIST INDIA.
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... Sanskrit authors speak both of Asmakā and of Ašvakā . Each of these would be Assakā , both in the local vernacular and in Pāli . And either there were two distinct tribes so called , or the Sanskrit form Aśvaka is a wrong reading , or a ...
... Sanskrit authors speak both of Asmakā and of Ašvakā . Each of these would be Assakā , both in the local vernacular and in Pāli . And either there were two distinct tribes so called , or the Sanskrit form Aśvaka is a wrong reading , or a ...
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... as to the mythological basis of the latter part of the Ramayaṇa . Vālmīki , in transplanting the ancient myth of the atmospheric battles from the Vedic and early Sanskrit literature . They go far to THE CLANS AND NATIONS 31.
... as to the mythological basis of the latter part of the Ramayaṇa . Vālmīki , in transplanting the ancient myth of the atmospheric battles from the Vedic and early Sanskrit literature . They go far to THE CLANS AND NATIONS 31.
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Thomas William Rhys Davids. Vedic and early Sanskrit literature . They go far to confirm Professor Bhandarkar's recent views as to the wholesale recasting of brahmin literature in the Gupta period . If Apastamba , for instance , as ...
Thomas William Rhys Davids. Vedic and early Sanskrit literature . They go far to confirm Professor Bhandarkar's recent views as to the wholesale recasting of brahmin literature in the Gupta period . If Apastamba , for instance , as ...
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Page 262 - Some superintend the rivers, measure the land, as is done in Egypt, and inspect the sluices by which water is let out from the main canals into their branches, so that every one may have an equal supply of it.
Page 263 - They escort them on the way when they leave the country, or, in the event of their dying, forward their property to their relatives. They take care of them when they are sick, and if they die bury them.