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... prince of the race of Sákya , said to have been born at Kapilawastu , a city supposed to be on the borders of Nepal ; on Tuesday , the day of the full moon , the lunar mansion being Wisa , in the month of May , xiv INTRODUCTION .
... prince of the race of Sákya , said to have been born at Kapilawastu , a city supposed to be on the borders of Nepal ; on Tuesday , the day of the full moon , the lunar mansion being Wisa , in the month of May , xiv INTRODUCTION .
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... Sákya Singha , and Sákya Muni ; and for all these names fanciful reasons are given . On the following day his mother Máya died . At an early age his preceptors foretold that he would become a recluse , which led his father , Suddhódana ...
... Sákya Singha , and Sákya Muni ; and for all these names fanciful reasons are given . On the following day his mother Máya died . At an early age his preceptors foretold that he would become a recluse , which led his father , Suddhódana ...
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... Sákya , as we learn from the works of the Tibetans ; and the other from Déwadatta , his brother - in - law , as we learn from Fa Hian . From these premises we conclude , that though there might be Buddhist works in existence at an early ...
... Sákya , as we learn from the works of the Tibetans ; and the other from Déwadatta , his brother - in - law , as we learn from Fa Hian . From these premises we conclude , that though there might be Buddhist works in existence at an early ...
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... Sakya's birth and proceed- ings , laying aside the miraculous portions , have nothing very impossible , and it does not seem improbable that an individual of a speculative turn of ... Sákya WILSON , MAX MÜLLER , AND TURNOUR ON BUDDHISM . 71.
... Sakya's birth and proceed- ings , laying aside the miraculous portions , have nothing very impossible , and it does not seem improbable that an individual of a speculative turn of ... Sákya WILSON , MAX MÜLLER , AND TURNOUR ON BUDDHISM . 71.
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... Sákya Sinha , or Sákya Muni , or Sramana Gautama , ever actually existed . In the first place , the Buddhists widely disagree with regard to the date of his existence . In a paper I published many years ago in the Calcutta Quarterly ...
... Sákya Sinha , or Sákya Muni , or Sramana Gautama , ever actually existed . In the first place , the Buddhists widely disagree with regard to the date of his existence . In a paper I published many years ago in the Calcutta Quarterly ...
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