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... Piyadasi of M. E. Sénart . Although I have aimed at exercising an inde- pendent judgment , I have been helped and influenced by the various manuals and treatises , such as those of the scholars above named , of Sir Monier Monier ...
... Piyadasi of M. E. Sénart . Although I have aimed at exercising an inde- pendent judgment , I have been helped and influenced by the various manuals and treatises , such as those of the scholars above named , of Sir Monier Monier ...
Page 258
... Piyadasi , or in full , Devanampiya Piyadasi Rája ( King Piyadasi the delight of the gods ) , as he styles himself in most of them . Here is the most usual beginning : King Piyadasi , the delight of the gods , says . ' Why then are ...
... Piyadasi , or in full , Devanampiya Piyadasi Rája ( King Piyadasi the delight of the gods ) , as he styles himself in most of them . Here is the most usual beginning : King Piyadasi , the delight of the gods , says . ' Why then are ...
Page 260
... Piyadasi spoke , and his tones and language revealed his identity with Asoka . In the years 1837 and 1838 the indefatigable . genius of James Prinsep , by comparison of many scattered inscriptions and coins , discovered the key to the ...
... Piyadasi spoke , and his tones and language revealed his identity with Asoka . In the years 1837 and 1838 the indefatigable . genius of James Prinsep , by comparison of many scattered inscriptions and coins , discovered the key to the ...
Page 261
... Piyadasi , beloved of the gods , I have caused this edict to be engraved in the twenty- seventh year of my consecration . ' What is this religion ? It is to avoid evil and to do good , to practise kindness , truth , and liberality , and ...
... Piyadasi , beloved of the gods , I have caused this edict to be engraved in the twenty- seventh year of my consecration . ' What is this religion ? It is to avoid evil and to do good , to practise kindness , truth , and liberality , and ...
Page 262
... Piyadasi could not stand in the way of the identification . For , indeed , what does Asoka mean , but sorrowless , ' or Piyadasi but beholder of delight ' ? They were both rather epithets than names , and of kindred meaning . 6 But ...
... Piyadasi could not stand in the way of the identification . For , indeed , what does Asoka mean , but sorrowless , ' or Piyadasi but beholder of delight ' ? They were both rather epithets than names , and of kindred meaning . 6 But ...
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