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... dêvas ( Brahman demi- gods ) following behind . These are all beautifully carved in gold and silver and are suspended in the air . When the images are one hundred paces from the city gate , the king takes off his cap of State and puts ...
... dêvas ( Brahman demi- gods ) following behind . These are all beautifully carved in gold and silver and are suspended in the air . When the images are one hundred paces from the city gate , the king takes off his cap of State and puts ...
Page 37
... dêvas , while the four Heavenly Kings guarded the four doors so that the king , Buddha's father , could not get in ; where Buddha sat under a fig - tree , which still exists , with his face to the east , and his aunt presented him with ...
... dêvas , while the four Heavenly Kings guarded the four doors so that the king , Buddha's father , could not get in ; where Buddha sat under a fig - tree , which still exists , with his face to the east , and his aunt presented him with ...
Page 60
... dêvas in space sang these words : " The son of king Suddhôdana left his home to learn the Truth ; seven days hence he will be- come a Buddha . " The saintly hermit , hearing these words , at once entered into Nirvâna . Therefore the ...
... dêvas in space sang these words : " The son of king Suddhôdana left his home to learn the Truth ; seven days hence he will be- come a Buddha . " The saintly hermit , hearing these words , at once entered into Nirvâna . Therefore the ...
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Abhidharma alms-bowl Ananda become a Buddha Bô tree Bôdhisatva bowl Brahmans Buddha sat Buddhistic Kingdoms built a pagoda built a shrine cave Central India Ch'ang-an Chang-yeh Chin dynasty China Chinese dêvas disciples dragon east eastward elephant expounded the Faith feet in height five hundred flowers and incense four four heavenly kings Garden of Gold gate Greater Vehicle Hall of Buddha heaven Heir Apparent heretics Hsüan-tsang Hui-ching Hui-ta image of Buddha Indra journeyed Kapilavastu Kâsyapa Khotan king Asôka Kuan Yin lamps Lesser Vehicle Liang dynasty Lo-han Mâitrêya merchants Middle Kingdom monastery mountain Mugalan Narrative of Fa-hsien Nirvâna Pao-yün passed pilgrims arrived place where Buddha point going point travelling preach the Faith Precious Trinity priesthood reached religious mendicant rock round Sâriputra Sêng-ching seven days seven preciosities Shakyamuni Shamans side skull-bone south-east spot stone Sung dynasty sûtra Tao-chêng Thou shalt Tun-huang Turfan Vâisâli Vinaya wished World-Honoured yôjanas