Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... WRITING THE BEGINNINGS VIII . WRITING ITS DEVELOPMENT IX . LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE . I. GENERAL VIEW . X. LITERATURE . PAGE I 17 42 52 63 87 107 121 · · 140 XI . THE JATAKA BOOK 161 189 XII . RELIGION - ANIMISM 210 XIII . RELIGION - THE ...
... WRITING THE BEGINNINGS VIII . WRITING ITS DEVELOPMENT IX . LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE . I. GENERAL VIEW . X. LITERATURE . PAGE I 17 42 52 63 87 107 121 · · 140 XI . THE JATAKA BOOK 161 189 XII . RELIGION - ANIMISM 210 XIII . RELIGION - THE ...
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... INDIA EXPLANATION OF FIGS . 24 AND 25 . This explanation , being too long to be inserted here , has been transferred to pp . 321 , 322 . 1 Jāt . 2. 127 . 106 L CHAPTER VII WRITING - THE BEGINNINGS ITERATURE of. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 105.
... INDIA EXPLANATION OF FIGS . 24 AND 25 . This explanation , being too long to be inserted here , has been transferred to pp . 321 , 322 . 1 Jāt . 2. 127 . 106 L CHAPTER VII WRITING - THE BEGINNINGS ITERATURE of. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 105.
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Thomas William Rhys Davids. 106 L CHAPTER VII WRITING - THE BEGINNINGS ITERATURE of all. FIG . 24 –ANCIENT INDIAN COINS . [ See Appendix , pp . 321 , 322. ] FIG . 27.-DR. HOEY'S BRICK TABLET , WITH BUDDHIST SUTTA.
Thomas William Rhys Davids. 106 L CHAPTER VII WRITING - THE BEGINNINGS ITERATURE of all. FIG . 24 –ANCIENT INDIAN COINS . [ See Appendix , pp . 321 , 322. ] FIG . 27.-DR. HOEY'S BRICK TABLET , WITH BUDDHIST SUTTA.
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Thomas William Rhys Davids. L CHAPTER VII WRITING - THE BEGINNINGS ITERATURE of all kinds laboured under a curious disability . There were , for a long time , no writing materials- that is , none that could be used for the production and ...
Thomas William Rhys Davids. L CHAPTER VII WRITING - THE BEGINNINGS ITERATURE of all kinds laboured under a curious disability . There were , for a long time , no writing materials- that is , none that could be used for the production and ...
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... writing ( lekha ) is praised at Vin . iv . 7 , as a distinguished sort of art ; and whereas the sisters of the Order ... writer " he will dwell at ease and in comfort ; but then , on the other hand , his fingers will ache . Were a member ...
... writing ( lekha ) is praised at Vin . iv . 7 , as a distinguished sort of art ; and whereas the sisters of the Order ... writer " he will dwell at ease and in comfort ; but then , on the other hand , his fingers will ache . Were a member ...
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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.