The Maháwanso in Roman Characters: With the Translation Subjoined and an Introductory Essay on Páli Buddhistical Literature : in Two Volumes |
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... four several dates , fixes the time of Buddha , or the ninth great incarnation of Vishnu , in the year 1014 before the birth of Christ . " PERCIVAL asserts , that " the wild stories current among the natives throw no light whatever on ...
... four several dates , fixes the time of Buddha , or the ninth great incarnation of Vishnu , in the year 1014 before the birth of Christ . " PERCIVAL asserts , that " the wild stories current among the natives throw no light whatever on ...
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... four centuries and a half further , extending it to the middle of the last century . The " official translators , " by whom this Singhalese version is stated to have been rendered into English , were , and to a certain extent still are ...
... four centuries and a half further , extending it to the middle of the last century . The " official translators , " by whom this Singhalese version is stated to have been rendered into English , were , and to a certain extent still are ...
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... four subsequent Budhus † had done ; from whom also , he having obtained their assent , and having done charities of various descriptions , became sanctified and omniscient : he is the Budhu , the most high lord Guádma , who redeemed the ...
... four subsequent Budhus † had done ; from whom also , he having obtained their assent , and having done charities of various descriptions , became sanctified and omniscient : he is the Budhu , the most high lord Guádma , who redeemed the ...
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... four Buddhos exclusive of Dipankaro ; as the prediction of Goutama's advent is a part of a religious formula in constant use , which specifies either " the twenty four Buddhos and the Pasé Buddhos , " or " the twenty four Buddhos ...
... four Buddhos exclusive of Dipankaro ; as the prediction of Goutama's advent is a part of a religious formula in constant use , which specifies either " the twenty four Buddhos and the Pasé Buddhos , " or " the twenty four Buddhos ...
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... four last are mentioned in the pages of Singhalese histories . References are indeed occasionally made to an anterior Budhu , but as no names or particulars are given , we are chiefly indebted for our knowledge of these preceding Budhos ...
... four last are mentioned in the pages of Singhalese histories . References are indeed occasionally made to an anterior Budhu , but as no names or particulars are given , we are chiefly indebted for our knowledge of these preceding Budhos ...
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Abhayo adá ádáya agá áha Anuradhapura arahat ási Asóko Astyages attained attanó Atthakatha bestowed bhikkhu bhúpati bo-branch bo-tree brahman brother buddhistical capital caused celebrated Ceylon CHANDRAGUPTA chétiyo convocation dágoba damilos datwá death delight and affliction devos déwos disciples diswá ditto doctrines duwé edifice elephant Ewań festival gahetwá gantwá gantwána Gótamo Harpagus hindu idha kárayi kárési katé katwá king land Lanká lord Mahá mahárája Mahawanso Maháwiháro Mahindo mahipati Medes minister monarch mountain nága náma NANDA offerings palace Páli pana PARICHCHHEDO piety Pitakattaya priesthood priests prince propounded puchchhi purań queen queen consort rájá rajjań ranno reign relics religion repaired replied retinue royal ruler sabbé sacerdotal sahassáni Sakko sanctification sayań Singhalese sovereign supreme Buddho sutwá tadá tahin tań tank Tasmin tassa tathá tathéwa tató tattha téna tésań thérań thérassa théro thou thousand thúpo Tisso unto wiháro Wijayo yakkhos yójanas
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Page lxxvi - Rdkshasa for various matters which it does not contain. Of these, the adventures of the king of Vikatpalli, and the employment of the Greek troops, are alone of any consequence, as they would mislead us into a supposition, that a much greater resemblance exists between the Grecian and Hindu histories than is actually the case. Discarding, therefore, these accounts, and laying aside the marvellous part of the story, I shall endeavour, from the...
Page li - Suffice it to say, that from the date of the introduction* of Buddhism into Ceylon, BC 307, that history is authenticated by the concurrence of every evidence which can contribute to verify the annals of any country.
Page 251 - Atthasalini,' on the Dhammasangini (one of the commentaries on the Abhidhammo.) Rewato thero then observing that he was desirous of undertaking the compilation of a ' Parittatthakathan ' (a general commentary on the Pitakattaya...
Page xliv - I assault the dame. Struck with unusual fear, she trembling cries, She faints, she falls; she lifts her weeping eyes. '"What art thou? say! from whence, from whom you came? O more than human! tell thy race, thy name. Amazing strength, these poisons to sustain! Not mortal thou, nor mortal is thy brain. Or art thou he, the man to come (foretold By Hermes, powerful with the wand of gold), The man from Troy, who wander'd ocean round...
Page 196 - I have constantly celebrated, in offerings to the deity of felicitous advent, in twelve different places, an illumination of seven thousand lamps, lit with clarified butter and white wicks. I have daily maintained at eighteen different places (hospitals) provided with suitable diet, and medicines prepared by medical practitioners for the infirm.
Page 107 - ... the relic (the collar-bone), having engaged a great number of men to manufacture bricks, re-entered the town with his retinue to prepare for the relic festival. . . The sovereign, pursuing the directions of the...
Page 252 - ... restored the other two copies also. The assembled priests then read out the three books simultaneously. In those three versions, neither in a signification nor in a single misplacement by...
Page 163 - In this supreme palace there were nine stories, and in each of them one hundred apartments. All these apartments were highly embellished ; they had festoons of beads, resplendent (like) gems. The flower-ornaments appertaining thereto were also set with gems, and the tinkling festoons were of gold. In that palace there were a thousand dormitories having windows with ornaments (like unto) jewels, which were bright as eyes.
Page 11 - Kassapo was, at that time, the chief. This high priest having performed the funeral obsequies over the body and sacred relics of the divine teacher ; and being desirous of perpetuating his doctrines for ever; on the seventh day after the lord of the universe, gifted with the ten powers, had demised; recollecting the silly declaration of the priest...
Page xliv - Through the lone thicket, and the desert land. A palace in a woody vale we found Brown with dark forests, and with shades around. A voice celestial echoed from the dome, Or nymph, or goddess, chanting to the loom. Access we sought, nor was access denied: Radiant she came ; the portals open'd wide : The goddess mild invites the guests to stay: They blindly follow where she leads the way. I only wait behind, of all the train : I waited long, and...