The Maháwanṣo in Roman Characters: With the Translation Subjoined; and an Introductory Essay on Páli Buddhistical Literature. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. Containing the First Thirty Eight Chapters |
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Page xxxvi
... inquiring ascertained what their object was ; out of compassion towards them , he thus prophesied : " A city founded on the site of this pannasa'la will become an illustrious capital in Jambudípo . Amongst the men born here , each will ...
... inquiring ascertained what their object was ; out of compassion towards them , he thus prophesied : " A city founded on the site of this pannasa'la will become an illustrious capital in Jambudípo . Amongst the men born here , each will ...
Page xxxviii
... inquired : " By what means do you find your livelihood ? " " Thou slave , " ( they replied ) " we are not men who submit to the toils of tillage , or cattle tending . By a proceeding precisely like the present one , pillaging towns and ...
... inquired : " By what means do you find your livelihood ? " " Thou slave , " ( they replied ) " we are not men who submit to the toils of tillage , or cattle tending . By a proceeding precisely like the present one , pillaging towns and ...
Page xxxix
... inquired : " My dear mother ! why dost thou weep ? " On being answered by her : " My child , thou art gifted to sway a chhatta . Do not , my boy , endeavour , by raising the chhatta , to become a sovereign . Princes every where are ...
... inquired : " My dear mother ! why dost thou weep ? " On being answered by her : " My child , thou art gifted to sway a chhatta . Do not , my boy , endeavour , by raising the chhatta , to become a sovereign . Princes every where are ...
Page xl
... inquired : " Who art thou , that thou hast taken the seat of the chief bra'hman ? " and being answered ( simply ) , " It is I ; " " Cast from hence this cripple bra'hman ; allow him not to be seated , " exclaimed ( Nando ; ) and ...
... inquired : " Who art thou , that thou hast taken the seat of the chief bra'hman ? " and being answered ( simply ) , " It is I ; " " Cast from hence this cripple bra'hman ; allow him not to be seated , " exclaimed ( Nando ; ) and ...
Page xli
... inquiring , Mother , why , what am I doing ; and what has Chandagutto done ? " " Thou , my boy , ( said she , ) throwing away the outside of the cake , eat the middle only . Chandagutto also in his ambition to be a monarch , without ...
... inquiring , Mother , why , what am I doing ; and what has Chandagutto done ? " " Thou , my boy , ( said she , ) throwing away the outside of the cake , eat the middle only . Chandagutto also in his ambition to be a monarch , without ...
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