Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... given . But Udena survived the Buddha , ' and we are not informed whether Bodhi did , or did not , succeed him on the throne . Pasenadi , the King of Kosala , is described as a very different character . The whole of the Third Samyutta ...
... given . But Udena survived the Buddha , ' and we are not informed whether Bodhi did , or did not , succeed him on the throne . Pasenadi , the King of Kosala , is described as a very different character . The whole of the Third Samyutta ...
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... given expression to the remorse he felt at the murder of his father . But it is also distinctly stated that he was not converted . There is no evi- dence that he really , after the moment when his heart was touched , continued to follow ...
... given expression to the remorse he felt at the murder of his father . But it is also distinctly stated that he was not converted . There is no evi- dence that he really , after the moment when his heart was touched , continued to follow ...
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... given , very naturally , of the Sākiya clan than of the others . The general posi- tion of their country is intimated by the distances . given from other places . ' It must have been just on the border of Nepalese and English territory ...
... given , very naturally , of the Sākiya clan than of the others . The general posi- tion of their country is intimated by the distances . given from other places . ' It must have been just on the border of Nepalese and English territory ...
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... given as Añjana the Sakiyan . When , therefore , we find in much later records the statements that she was of Koliyan family ; and that Prince Devadaha , after whom the town was so named , was a Koliyan chief , the explanation may well ...
... given as Añjana the Sakiyan . When , therefore , we find in much later records the statements that she was of Koliyan family ; and that Prince Devadaha , after whom the town was so named , was a Koliyan chief , the explanation may well ...
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... given ( at S. N. 101 ) as Patiṭṭhāna , the place afterwards called Paithana , and Baithana by the Greeks ( 73 ° 2′E . by 21 ° 42 ' N. ) . And the extreme southerly point reached at all is the hermitage on the Godhāvari , about 20 ° N ...
... given ( at S. N. 101 ) as Patiṭṭhāna , the place afterwards called Paithana , and Baithana by the Greeks ( 73 ° 2′E . by 21 ° 42 ' N. ) . And the extreme southerly point reached at all is the hermitage on the Godhāvari , about 20 ° N ...
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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.