Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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Page 62
... origin of the later Indian caste system . But that system involves much more than these restrictions . And it is no more accurate to speak of caste at the Buddha's time in India , than it would be to speak of it as an established ...
... origin of the later Indian caste system . But that system involves much more than these restrictions . And it is no more accurate to speak of caste at the Buddha's time in India , than it would be to speak of it as an established ...
Page 114
... And it is to be sup- posed that the origin of the Indian alphabet is previous to the time when the parent script was written from right to left . For the Indian , like our own , runs from left to right . Only the 114 BUDDHIST INDIA.
... And it is to be sup- posed that the origin of the Indian alphabet is previous to the time when the parent script was written from right to left . For the Indian , like our own , runs from left to right . Only the 114 BUDDHIST INDIA.
Page 147
... origin . It would have been impossible to use such a dialect for the discussion of such subjects as are described as the matter of these dialogues . The only reasonable and probable explanation is that the Wanderers talked in a language ...
... origin . It would have been impossible to use such a dialect for the discussion of such subjects as are described as the matter of these dialogues . The only reasonable and probable explanation is that the Wanderers talked in a language ...
Page 173
... origin in the Middle Country - where exactly , in that country , we cannot , with respect to any one of the three , determine . The only two ancient works we can specify as distinctly northern in origin , the Milinda and the Gosinga ...
... origin in the Middle Country - where exactly , in that country , we cannot , with respect to any one of the three , determine . The only two ancient works we can specify as distinctly northern in origin , the Milinda and the Gosinga ...
Page 174
... origin . Why then continue the use of an ambiguous phraseology which may be ( and which we know , from experience , will be ) misunderstood ? The only way to avoid endless confusion is to drop the use of it altogether . And I take this ...
... origin . Why then continue the use of an ambiguous phraseology which may be ( and which we know , from experience , will be ) misunderstood ? The only way to avoid endless confusion is to drop the use of it altogether . And I take this ...
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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.