Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... 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 the real facts . They convey the impression that ...
... 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 the real facts . They convey the impression that ...
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... natural tend- ency to exaggerate the importance of the families of their respective founders that the later records , both of the Jains and of the Buddhists , differ from the earlier ones . It is scarcely probable , therefore , that the ...
... natural tend- ency to exaggerate the importance of the families of their respective founders that the later records , both of the Jains and of the Buddhists , differ from the earlier ones . It is scarcely probable , therefore , that the ...
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... overwhelm- ing mental effect of the mighty powers of nature -the vivid storms of thunder and lightning , the irre- sistible rays of the scorching sun , the depressing majesty of the great mountains - are called upon as. 42 THE VILLAGE.
... overwhelm- ing mental effect of the mighty powers of nature -the vivid storms of thunder and lightning , the irre- sistible rays of the scorching sun , the depressing majesty of the great mountains - are called upon as. 42 THE VILLAGE.
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... natural relation between the two , as we find throughout the world . Certain priests , in India as elsewhere , had very high social rank - Pok- kharasādi and Sonadanda for instance . They were somewhat like the great abbots and bishops ...
... natural relation between the two , as we find throughout the world . Certain priests , in India as elsewhere , had very high social rank - Pok- kharasādi and Sonadanda for instance . They were somewhat like the great abbots and bishops ...
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... natural decay . ' This spot was also used as the public place of execu- tion especially by impalement . It was quite open to the public . But as we can readily understand , it was believed to be haunted ; and was only frequented by the ...
... natural decay . ' This spot was also used as the public place of execu- tion especially by impalement . It was quite open to the public . But as we can readily understand , it was believed to be haunted ; and was only frequented by the ...
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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.