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" Sanskrit, he took passage on board a large merchant- vessel, on which there were over two hundred souls, and astern of which there was a smaller vessel in tow, in case of accident at sea and destruction of the big vessel. "
The Travels of Fa-hsien (399-414 A.D.): Or Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms - Page 76
by Faxian - 1923 - 96 pages
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Gems of Chinese Literature, Volume 1

Herbert Allen Giles - Chinese literature - 1923 - 324 pages
...China. When I had obtained these in the Pali original, I took passage on board a large merchant-vessel, on which there were over two hundred souls, and astern of which there was a small vessel 1 An odoriferous grass of lucky augury. 'The patra or palm tree. aThe BSdhisatva, having...
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Gems of Chinese Literature

Herbert Allen Giles - China - 1922 - 320 pages
...Bodhisatva, having successfully resisted temptation, became a Buddha, the Buddha of the present day. were over two hundred souls, and astern of which there was a small vessel in case of accident at sea and the destruction of the big vessel. Catching a fair wind,...
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Gems of Chinese Literature, Volume 1

Herbert Allen Giles - Chinese literature - 1923 - 320 pages
...China. When I had obtained these in the Pali original, I took passage on board a large merchant-vessel, on which there were over two hundred souls, and astern of which there was a small vessel 1 An odoriferous grass of lucky augury. a The poiro or palm tree. 'The Bodhisatva. having...
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The Gupta Empire

Radhakumud Mookerji - Gupta dynasty - 1989 - 228 pages
...from the Canon. Then he 'took passage on board a large merchant-vessel on which there were over 200 souls, and astern of which there was a smaller vessel...accident at sea and destruction of the big vessel.' Such an accident did happen. After two days, they encountered a heavy gale which blew on for 13 days...
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Mining, Metallurgy and Minting in the Middle Ages: Asiatic supremacy, 425-1125

Ian Blanchard - Antiques & Collectibles - 2001 - 618 pages
...China by the sea route of which he related that, ... he took passage on board a large merchant-vessel, on which there were over two hundred souls, and astern...which there was a smaller vessel in tow in case of accidents at sea and destruction of the big vessel. Catching a fair wind, they sailed eastwards for...
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