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... translations or manuals . I have read a large part of the original sacred books ' of which I speak , -almost all that has been published and a good deal that has not , —and I have had access to competent Sinhalese authorities . But ...
... translations or manuals . I have read a large part of the original sacred books ' of which I speak , -almost all that has been published and a good deal that has not , —and I have had access to competent Sinhalese authorities . But ...
Page ix
... translations which occur in the following pages , I have borrowed , in a great many cases , from the Sacred Books of ... translated for myself , I had the advantage of reading them over , in proof , to the late lamented D. A. de Silva ...
... translations which occur in the following pages , I have borrowed , in a great many cases , from the Sacred Books of ... translated for myself , I had the advantage of reading them over , in proof , to the late lamented D. A. de Silva ...
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... he brought with him also the Commentaries , which he translated into Sinhalese . The Pali originals of these were soon lost sight of , but the Sinhalese versions But in India , at the were scrupulously preserved . 26 BUDDHISM.
... he brought with him also the Commentaries , which he translated into Sinhalese . The Pali originals of these were soon lost sight of , but the Sinhalese versions But in India , at the were scrupulously preserved . 26 BUDDHISM.
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... translated into Pali what he found , and composed more . The Ceylon school of Buddhism has been ever since entirely ... translations represent the traditional interpretation as it was left by Buddhaghosha.1 8. The scene of this work was ...
... translated into Pali what he found , and composed more . The Ceylon school of Buddhism has been ever since entirely ... translations represent the traditional interpretation as it was left by Buddhaghosha.1 8. The scene of this work was ...
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... translations marked S.B.E. are quoted from Sacred Books of the East , etc. for the rest the present author is responsible . But most of the quotations for which no exact reference is given are freely abridged ; when the quotation is ...
... translations marked S.B.E. are quoted from Sacred Books of the East , etc. for the rest the present author is responsible . But most of the quotations for which no exact reference is given are freely abridged ; when the quotation is ...
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Page 504 - ARISTOTLE.— THE WORKS OF. The Politics: G. Bekker's Greek Text of Books I. III. IV. (VII.), with an English Translation by WE BOLLAND, MA ; and short Introductory Essays by A. LANG, MA Crown 8vo.