Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... preserved in the literature - that is , of course , in the brahmin litera- ture which is all that has hitherto been available to the student . That is unfortunately true , and some of the special causes which gave rise to this state of ...
... preserved in the literature - that is , of course , in the brahmin litera- ture which is all that has hitherto been available to the student . That is unfortunately true , and some of the special causes which gave rise to this state of ...
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... preserved in the Theri Gāthā . The aged relative was Pasenadi's grandmother ; so that we have four generations of this family brought before us . ' A comparison between Digha 1. 87 and Divyāva- dāna 620 - where the same action is ...
... preserved in the Theri Gāthā . The aged relative was Pasenadi's grandmother ; so that we have four generations of this family brought before us . ' A comparison between Digha 1. 87 and Divyāva- dāna 620 - where the same action is ...
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... preserved for us in full at M. 1. 353 , foll . , and S. 4. 182 , foll . Besides this Mote Hall at the principal town we hear of others at some of the other towns above referred to . And no doubt all the more important places had such a ...
... preserved for us in full at M. 1. 353 , foll . , and S. 4. 182 , foll . Besides this Mote Hall at the principal town we hear of others at some of the other towns above referred to . And no doubt all the more important places had such a ...
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... preserved have preserved also abundant evidence of a further stage of political movement . And in geographical knowledge they look at things from an advanced point of view . They know a very little farther south at the one point where ...
... preserved have preserved also abundant evidence of a further stage of political movement . And in geographical knowledge they look at things from an advanced point of view . They know a very little farther south at the one point where ...
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... preserved even in the later priestly books which are otherwise under the spell of the caste theory . And though each case is then referred to as if it were exceptional , the fact no less remains that the line between the Colours " was ...
... preserved even in the later priestly books which are otherwise under the spell of the caste theory . And though each case is then referred to as if it were exceptional , the fact no less remains that the line between the Colours " was ...
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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.