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 xvi
... thousand years ; king Nanda , of whom I shall speak more fully hereafter , is said to have possessed in his treasury above 1,584,000,000 pounds sterling , in gold coin alone : the value of the silver and copper coin , and jewels ...
... thousand years ; king Nanda , of whom I shall speak more fully hereafter , is said to have possessed in his treasury above 1,584,000,000 pounds sterling , in gold coin alone : the value of the silver and copper coin , and jewels ...
Page xx
... thousand years ) , might seem to make sufficiently probable , viz . the third century before the christian era . And a critic , who chose to maintain this identity , might find abundance of plausible arguments in the inscription : he ...
... thousand years ) , might seem to make sufficiently probable , viz . the third century before the christian era . And a critic , who chose to maintain this identity , might find abundance of plausible arguments in the inscription : he ...
Page xxxvi
... thousand ( of those born elsewhere ) . Raise your city here , and construct the palace of your king on the site of my pannasaʼla . On being established here , even a chanda'lo will become great like unto a Chakkawatti ra'ja . " " Lord ...
... thousand ( of those born elsewhere ) . Raise your city here , and construct the palace of your king on the site of my pannasaʼla . On being established here , even a chanda'lo will become great like unto a Chakkawatti ra'ja . " " Lord ...
Page xli
... thousand kahápaná , he applied for him ; saying , “ I will teach your son every accomplishment ; consign him to me . " Accordingly conducting him to his own dwelling , he encircled his neck with a single fold of a woollen cord , twisted ...
... thousand kahápaná , he applied for him ; saying , “ I will teach your son every accomplishment ; consign him to me . " Accordingly conducting him to his own dwelling , he encircled his neck with a single fold of a woollen cord , twisted ...
Page liv
... thousand pieces , he caused it to be read aloud thoroughly . " 66 As a spcimen of the style in which a subsequent portion of the Mahawanso is composed by a different author , I have added the fifty ninth chapter also to the appendix ...
... thousand pieces , he caused it to be read aloud thoroughly . " 66 As a spcimen of the style in which a subsequent portion of the Mahawanso is composed by a different author , I have added the fifty ninth chapter also to the appendix ...
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