Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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Page 112
... canonical texts . They could not even have thought of the possibility of using writing as a means of guarding against such painful accidents . Yet , as we have seen , the Indian peoples had been acquainted with letters , and with ...
... canonical texts . They could not even have thought of the possibility of using writing as a means of guarding against such painful accidents . Yet , as we have seen , the Indian peoples had been acquainted with letters , and with ...
Page 119
... canonical books ; and that the earliest mention of writing at all in the voluminous priestly literature is in the Vasishtha Dharma Sutra ' -one of the later law books , and long posterior to the numerous references quoted above from the ...
... canonical books ; and that the earliest mention of writing at all in the voluminous priestly literature is in the Vasishtha Dharma Sutra ' -one of the later law books , and long posterior to the numerous references quoted above from the ...
Page 124
... canonical books , but given in a local dialect , younger than the Pali of the texts . ' The next MS . in point of age is much younger . It is the one discovered by Captain Bower in Mingai , near Kuchar , containing medical receipts and ...
... canonical books , but given in a local dialect , younger than the Pali of the texts . ' The next MS . in point of age is much younger . It is the one discovered by Captain Bower in Mingai , near Kuchar , containing medical receipts and ...
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... canonical books , the best evidence is the contents of the books them- selves the sort of words they use , the style in which they are composed , the ideas they express . Objec tion , it is true , has recently been raised against the ...
... canonical books , the best evidence is the contents of the books them- selves the sort of words they use , the style in which they are composed , the ideas they express . Objec tion , it is true , has recently been raised against the ...
Page 168
... canonical books , more especially of the Dialogues . It means literally the " end of the Suttas . " In its technical sense it is the aim , object , outcome of them ; and is applied to the Dialogues as giving , in a more complete and ...
... canonical books , more especially of the Dialogues . It means literally the " end of the Suttas . " In its technical sense it is the aim , object , outcome of them ; and is applied to the Dialogues as giving , in a more complete and ...
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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.