Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... TREE From Cunningham's “ Stūpa of Bharhut . " Pl . xxx . THE WISDOM TREE OF KASSAPA , THE BUDDHA From Cunningham's “ Stupa of Bharhut . " Pl . xxx . THE BUDDHA PREACHING TO NAGAS DWELLING IN A SACRED TREE From a Buddhist carving at Takt ...
... TREE From Cunningham's “ Stūpa of Bharhut . " Pl . xxx . THE WISDOM TREE OF KASSAPA , THE BUDDHA From Cunningham's “ Stupa of Bharhut . " Pl . xxx . THE BUDDHA PREACHING TO NAGAS DWELLING IN A SACRED TREE From a Buddhist carving at Takt ...
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... trees , well known for the fragrant odour of their beautiful white flowers . And there , in the Buddha's time , wander- ing teachers were wont to lodge . ' The Indian colon- ists in Cochin China named one of the most important of their ...
... trees , well known for the fragrant odour of their beautiful white flowers . And there , in the Buddha's time , wander- ing teachers were wont to lodge . ' The Indian colon- ists in Cochin China named one of the most important of their ...
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... trees of the primeval forest , left standing when the forest clearing had been made . Beyond this was the wide expanse of cultivated field , usually rice - field . And each village had grazing ground for the cattle , and a considerable ...
... trees of the primeval forest , left standing when the forest clearing had been made . Beyond this was the wide expanse of cultivated field , usually rice - field . And each village had grazing ground for the cattle , and a considerable ...
Page 138
... tree from which it drew its sustenance , from which it had derived its birth . The loss , from the point of view of intellectual advancement , must have been very great . Who can doubt that Europe was fortunate in escaping ( and it was ...
... tree from which it drew its sustenance , from which it had derived its birth . The loss , from the point of view of intellectual advancement , must have been very great . Who can doubt that Europe was fortunate in escaping ( and it was ...
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... woods . The Buddha , before he attained Nirvana under the 4 M. 2. i . 29 . 6 S. N. p . 99 . $ M. 2. 40 . 7 M. 3. 207 . ' Dialogues of the Buddha , 144 . 2 M. 2. I. 3 M. I. 497 . Tree of Wisdom , had been such a self - 142 BUDDHIST INDIA.
... woods . The Buddha , before he attained Nirvana under the 4 M. 2. i . 29 . 6 S. N. p . 99 . $ M. 2. 40 . 7 M. 3. 207 . ' Dialogues of the Buddha , 144 . 2 M. 2. I. 3 M. I. 497 . Tree of Wisdom , had been such a self - 142 BUDDHIST INDIA.
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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.