Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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Page ix
... 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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... written notes on the subject were ac- tually in use . 66 The names of other clans , besides the Sākiyas , are : 2. The Bhaggas of Sumsumāra Hill . 3. The Bulis of Allakappa . 4. Kālāmas of Kesaputta . 5. The Koliyas of Rāma - gāma . 6 ...
... written notes on the subject were ac- tually in use . 66 The names of other clans , besides the Sākiyas , are : 2. The Bhaggas of Sumsumāra Hill . 3. The Bulis of Allakappa . 4. Kālāmas of Kesaputta . 5. The Koliyas of Rāma - gāma . 6 ...
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... written such customs , and such pride of birth , 3 1 Jāt . 2. 319 , 320. The verses recur 3. 81 , 355. So also 6. 33 . 2 Jāt . 2. 82 . Dialogues of the Buddha , 1. 120 . were recognised as a factor in the social life of 58 BUDDHIST INDIA.
... written such customs , and such pride of birth , 3 1 Jāt . 2. 319 , 320. The verses recur 3. 81 , 355. So also 6. 33 . 2 Jāt . 2. 82 . Dialogues of the Buddha , 1. 120 . were recognised as a factor in the social life of 58 BUDDHIST INDIA.
Page 66
... written , or the sculptures made . We have no space to enter fully into detail here . But the annexed illustration shows the ideas of a sculptor on the Bharahat tope as to the façade of a mansion , and the next shows his notion of what ...
... written , or the sculptures made . We have no space to enter fully into detail here . But the annexed illustration shows the ideas of a sculptor on the Bharahat tope as to the façade of a mansion , and the next shows his notion of what ...
Page 101
... written record of the transaction being kept ( 881 ) . The details of prices above referred to enable us to draw some conclusion as to the spending power of the poor , of the man of the middle classes , and of the wealthy merchants and ...
... written record of the transaction being kept ( 881 ) . The details of prices above referred to enable us to draw some conclusion as to the spending power of the poor , of the man of the middle classes , and of the wealthy merchants and ...
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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.