Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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Page iii
... brahmin , as of the rajput . The two points of view naturally differ very much . Priest and noble in India have always worked very well together so long as the question at issue did not touch their own rival claims as against one an ...
... brahmin , as of the rajput . The two points of view naturally differ very much . Priest and noble in India have always worked very well together so long as the question at issue did not touch their own rival claims as against one an ...
Page iv
... brahmins , who form , and have always formed , the key - stone of the arch of social life in India . They are the ... brahmin theories of caste and his- tory . The matter has gone too far , those theories have been already too much ...
... brahmins , who form , and have always formed , the key - stone of the arch of social life in India . They are the ... brahmin theories of caste and his- tory . The matter has gone too far , those theories have been already too much ...
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... brahmin litera- ture which is all that has hitherto been available to the student . That is unfortunately true , and some of the special causes which gave rise to this state of things are pointed out below . But the other side of the ...
... brahmin litera- ture which is all that has hitherto been available to the student . That is unfortunately true , and some of the special causes which gave rise to this state of things are pointed out below . But the other side of the ...
Page ix
... JATAKA BOOK 161 189 XII . RELIGION - ANIMISM 210 XIII . RELIGION - THE BRAHMIN POSITION 238 XIV . CHANDRAGUPTA 259 CHAPTER XV . ASOKA XVI . KANISHKA APPENDIX INDEX ·. II . THE PALI BOOKS THE GREAT BUDDHIST TOPE AT SANCHI BEFORE. ix.
... JATAKA BOOK 161 189 XII . RELIGION - ANIMISM 210 XIII . RELIGION - THE BRAHMIN POSITION 238 XIV . CHANDRAGUPTA 259 CHAPTER XV . ASOKA XVI . KANISHKA APPENDIX INDEX ·. II . THE PALI BOOKS THE GREAT BUDDHIST TOPE AT SANCHI BEFORE. ix.
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... brahmin ' books . And these , partly because of the natural antipathy felt by the priests towards the free republics , partly because of the later date of most of the extant priestly literature , and especially of the law books , ignore ...
... brahmin ' books . And these , partly because of the natural antipathy felt by the priests towards the free republics , partly because of the later date of most of the extant priestly literature , and especially of the law books , ignore ...
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alphabet ancient Anguttara Aryan Asoka Avanti bas-reliefs Bharahat Tope Bharhut birth brahmins Buddha Buddhaghosa Buddhist called canonical books capital Ceylon Chandragupta Chronicles clan coins commentary Cunningham's custom deer Dhamma dialect Dialogues Digha doubt Edict epic evidence existing fact Ganges GATE OF SANCHI gods Greek ideas important India inscriptions instance Jain Jāt Jātaka JETAVANA King kingdom Kosala Kosambi Kshatriya language later legends Licchavis literary literature Magadha Megasthenes mentioned Nāgas Nikayas older oldest Order Pāli Pasenadi passages period poem preserved priestly books priests probably Professor prose Rājagaha records referred religion rise of Buddhism Royal Asiatic Society sacrifice Sakiya Samyutta SANCHI SANCHI TOPE Sanskrit Savatthi social sort soul story Stupa supposed Sutta Nipata Suttanta Suttas third century B.C. tion tradition tree tribes Udena Ujjeni Veda Vedic vernacular verses Vesāli village Vinaya Vinaya Texts Wanderers word written
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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.