Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... oldest authorities ) inquired once of his courtiers whether there was any king whose glory was greater than his own . And when he was straightway told that Udena of Kosambi surpassed him , he at once de- termined to attack him . Being ...
... oldest authorities ) inquired once of his courtiers whether there was any king whose glory was greater than his own . And when he was straightway told that Udena of Kosambi surpassed him , he at once de- termined to attack him . Being ...
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... oldest records . ' But the main circumstance of the war against the clan is very early alluded to , and is no doubt a historical fact . It is said to have preceded only by a year or two the death of the Buddha himself . The beginning of ...
... oldest records . ' But the main circumstance of the war against the clan is very early alluded to , and is no doubt a historical fact . It is said to have preceded only by a year or two the death of the Buddha himself . The beginning of ...
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... oldest au- 1 The famous Suttanta , in which this conversation is set out , -the Samañña Phala , —is translated in full in my Dialogues of the Buddha . 2 Cunningham , Stupa of Bharhut , Pl . xvi . , Fig . 3 . 3 Book of the Great Decease ...
... oldest au- 1 The famous Suttanta , in which this conversation is set out , -the Samañña Phala , —is translated in full in my Dialogues of the Buddha . 2 Cunningham , Stupa of Bharhut , Pl . xvi . , Fig . 3 . 3 Book of the Great Decease ...
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... oldest documents ' cannot indeed possibly mean the whole country comprised in our modern phrase the Dekkan . But it is used , in the very passage in question , as de- scriptive of a remote settlement or colony on the banks of the upper ...
... oldest documents ' cannot indeed possibly mean the whole country comprised in our modern phrase the Dekkan . But it is used , in the very passage in question , as de- scriptive of a remote settlement or colony on the banks of the upper ...
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... oldest Pāli grammar is accordingly named . As Mad- 1 Jāt . 4. 28 ; 6. 236 . 2 Com . on Anguttara , 1. 25 . 3 Vinaya Texts , 2. 189 ; 3. 67 , 224 , 233 . 4 Vinaya Texts , 3. 382 . 5 Vin . 4. 16 ; Sum . 319 . 6 M. 2. 83 . ↑ A. 2. 57 . 8 ...
... oldest Pāli grammar is accordingly named . As Mad- 1 Jāt . 4. 28 ; 6. 236 . 2 Com . on Anguttara , 1. 25 . 3 Vinaya Texts , 2. 189 ; 3. 67 , 224 , 233 . 4 Vinaya Texts , 3. 382 . 5 Vin . 4. 16 ; Sum . 319 . 6 M. 2. 83 . ↑ A. 2. 57 . 8 ...
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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.