Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... The ears of a Sudra who listens , intentionally , when the Veda is being recited are to be filled with molten lead . His tongue is to be cut out if he re- cite it . His body is to be split in twain if he pre- serve it in his memory ...
... The ears of a Sudra who listens , intentionally , when the Veda is being recited are to be filled with molten lead . His tongue is to be cut out if he re- cite it . His body is to be split in twain if he pre- serve it in his memory ...
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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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