Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... already too much shaken , for any one to hesitate before using every available evidence . The evidence here collected , a good deal of it for the first time , is necessarily imperfect ; but it seems of- ten to be so suggestive , to ...
... already too much shaken , for any one to hesitate before using every available evidence . The evidence here collected , a good deal of it for the first time , is necessarily imperfect ; but it seems of- ten to be so suggestive , to ...
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... much politi- cal importance . And the tendency towards the gradual absorption of these domains , and also of the republics , into the neighbouring kingdoms , was already in full force . The evidence at present available. CHAPTER CONTENTS.
... much politi- cal importance . And the tendency towards the gradual absorption of these domains , and also of the republics , into the neighbouring kingdoms , was already in full force . The evidence at present available. CHAPTER CONTENTS.
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Thomas William Rhys Davids. already in full force . The evidence at present available is not sufficient to give us an exact idea either of the extent of country , or of the number of the population , under the one or the other form of ...
Thomas William Rhys Davids. already in full force . The evidence at present available is not sufficient to give us an exact idea either of the extent of country , or of the number of the population , under the one or the other form of ...
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... already well - known teachers , could claim an insight beyond theirs . The reply simply was that no " religieux " should be de- spised because of his youth . Who would show dis- respect to a prince , or to a venomous serpent , or to 1 M ...
... already well - known teachers , could claim an insight beyond theirs . The reply simply was that no " religieux " should be de- spised because of his youth . Who would show dis- respect to a prince , or to a venomous serpent , or to 1 M ...
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... already of Ajàtasattu's intention to at- tack them in the opening sections of the Book of 1 See the genealogical table in Jacobi's Jaina Sutras , 1 , xv . 2 Sum . 239 . the Great Decease , and the Buddha is represented ' 12 BUDDHIST INDIA.
... already of Ajàtasattu's intention to at- tack them in the opening sections of the Book of 1 See the genealogical table in Jacobi's Jaina Sutras , 1 , xv . 2 Sum . 239 . the Great Decease , and the Buddha is represented ' 12 BUDDHIST INDIA.
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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.