Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... so on . Compare the passages quoted in Rh . D. , Ancient Coins and Measures of Ceylon , p . 16 . 27. R. A. S. 1897 , 618 , and 1898 , 588 . 2 of these discoveries are those of Kapilavastu , the chief. 17 THE CLANS AND NATIONS.
... so on . Compare the passages quoted in Rh . D. , Ancient Coins and Measures of Ceylon , p . 16 . 27. R. A. S. 1897 , 618 , and 1898 , 588 . 2 of these discoveries are those of Kapilavastu , the chief. 17 THE CLANS AND NATIONS.
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... passage ) , it is not likely that so com- plicated a procedure was actually followed . ' But a book of legal precedents is referred to elsewhere , ' and tables of the law also . ' It is therefore not im- probable that written notes on ...
... passage ) , it is not likely that so com- plicated a procedure was actually followed . ' But a book of legal precedents is referred to elsewhere , ' and tables of the law also . ' It is therefore not im- probable that written notes on ...
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... point of view . They know a very little farther south at the one point where the old list goes farthest in that direction . 1 Sutta Nipāta , 1013 . The expression Dakkhiṇāpatha which occurs in an isolated passage in THE CLANS AND NATIONS ...
... point of view . They know a very little farther south at the one point where the old list goes farthest in that direction . 1 Sutta Nipāta , 1013 . The expression Dakkhiṇāpatha which occurs in an isolated passage in THE CLANS AND NATIONS ...
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... passage in question , as de- scriptive of a remote settlement or colony on the banks of the upper Godhāvari . The expression does not occur in any one of the Four Nikāyas . When it appears again , in a later stage , ' it seems still to ...
... passage in question , as de- scriptive of a remote settlement or colony on the banks of the upper Godhāvari . The expression does not occur in any one of the Four Nikāyas . When it appears again , in a later stage , ' it seems still to ...
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... mentioned barely a score of towns of any consider- able size . 1See the passages collected at Vinaya Texts , 3. 220 ; and also Jāt . 2. 149 , 367 , 5. 193 , 6. 487 . It will have been seen , however , that the 50 BUDDHIST INDIA.
... mentioned barely a score of towns of any consider- able size . 1See the passages collected at Vinaya Texts , 3. 220 ; and also Jāt . 2. 149 , 367 , 5. 193 , 6. 487 . It will have been seen , however , that the 50 BUDDHIST INDIA.
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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.