Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... existing in the Buddha's time . They were possibly adjoining , like London and Westminster . But it is Saketa , and not Ayojjhā , that is called one of the six great cities of India . The Añjana Wood near by Sāketa is the place at which ...
... existing in the Buddha's time . They were possibly adjoining , like London and Westminster . But it is Saketa , and not Ayojjhā , that is called one of the six great cities of India . The Añjana Wood near by Sāketa is the place at which ...
Page 59
... existing facts , what must have happened . It is generally admitted that there are now no pure Aryans left in India . Had the actual custom been as strict as the brahmin theory this would not be so . Just as in England we find Iberians ...
... existing facts , what must have happened . It is generally admitted that there are now no pure Aryans left in India . Had the actual custom been as strict as the brahmin theory this would not be so . Just as in England we find Iberians ...
Page 110
... existing , but existing only in the memory of those who had learnt them by heart . Here we have the ex- planation of how the difficulty was met . Thus at Anguttara , 3. 107 , the dangers that may eventually fall upon the faith are being ...
... existing , but existing only in the memory of those who had learnt them by heart . Here we have the ex- planation of how the difficulty was met . Thus at Anguttara , 3. 107 , the dangers that may eventually fall upon the faith are being ...
Page 124
... existing Indian alphabets can be traced back ) . ' This MS . , portions of which have just found their way both to Paris and St. Peters- burg , must have been written in Gandhara shortly before or after the Christian era . And it ...
... existing Indian alphabets can be traced back ) . ' This MS . , portions of which have just found their way both to Paris and St. Peters- burg , must have been written in Gandhara shortly before or after the Christian era . And it ...
Page 139
... existing works in that language are charged with an unprogressive ( not to say reactionary ) spirit in religion , philosophy , and social views of life . It is therefore clear why Pali books written in India , or books in a dialect ...
... existing works in that language are charged with an unprogressive ( not to say reactionary ) spirit in religion , philosophy , and social views of life . It is therefore clear why Pali books written in India , or books in a dialect ...
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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.