Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... Third Samyutta , consisting of twenty - five anecdotes , each with a moral bias , is devoted to him . And there are about an equal number of references to him in other parts of the literature . Educated at the celebrated seat of ...
... Third Samyutta , consisting of twenty - five anecdotes , each with a moral bias , is devoted to him . And there are about an equal number of references to him in other parts of the literature . Educated at the celebrated seat of ...
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... third century B.C. , is one representing Pasenadi issuing forth on his chariot , drawn by four horses with their tails and manes elaborately plaited , and attended by three servants . Above him is figured the Wheel of the Law , the ...
... third century B.C. , is one representing Pasenadi issuing forth on his chariot , drawn by four horses with their tails and manes elaborately plaited , and attended by three servants . Above him is figured the Wheel of the Law , the ...
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... third century , B.C. , Megasthenes describes the army of Magadha as then consisting , in peace time , of two hundred thou- sand foot , three hundred elephants , and ten thousand chariots . The following is a list of the principal cities ...
... third century , B.C. , Megasthenes describes the army of Magadha as then consisting , in peace time , of two hundred thou- sand foot , three hundred elephants , and ten thousand chariots . The following is a list of the principal cities ...
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... third Madhura , in the extreme north , is mentioned at Jāt . 4. 79 , and Peta Vatthu Vanṇanā , III . Mithila , the capital of Videha , and the capital therefore of the kings Janaka and Makhadeva , was in the district now called Tirhut ...
... third Madhura , in the extreme north , is mentioned at Jāt . 4. 79 , and Peta Vatthu Vanṇanā , III . Mithila , the capital of Videha , and the capital therefore of the kings Janaka and Makhadeva , was in the district now called Tirhut ...
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... third class , the Vessas , who had raised them- selves into a higher social rank . And though more difficult probably than it had been , it was still possi- ble for analogous changes to take place . Poor men 1 Anguttara , 1. 162. Jacobi ...
... third class , the Vessas , who had raised them- selves into a higher social rank . And though more difficult probably than it had been , it was still possi- ble for analogous changes to take place . Poor men 1 Anguttara , 1. 162. Jacobi ...
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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.