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... Brahmans designated it by the epithet of Lanka , " the resplendent , " and in their dreamy rhapsodies extolled it as the region of mystery and sublimity 1 ; the Buddhist poets gracefully apostrophised it as " a 1 " Ils en ont fait une ...
... Brahmans designated it by the epithet of Lanka , " the resplendent , " and in their dreamy rhapsodies extolled it as the region of mystery and sublimity 1 ; the Buddhist poets gracefully apostrophised it as " a 1 " Ils en ont fait une ...
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... Brahmans , and yet reluctant to detract from the epic renown of their country by dis- claiming its stupendous dimensions , attempted to re- concile its actual extent with the fables of the eastern astronomers by imputing to the agency ...
... Brahmans , and yet reluctant to detract from the epic renown of their country by dis- claiming its stupendous dimensions , attempted to re- concile its actual extent with the fables of the eastern astronomers by imputing to the agency ...
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... Brahmans . The Prasii , or people of Magadha , occupy a promi- nent place in the history of Ceylon , inasmuch as Gotama Buddha , the great founder of the faith of its people , was a prince of that country , and Mahindo , who finally ...
... Brahmans . The Prasii , or people of Magadha , occupy a promi- nent place in the history of Ceylon , inasmuch as Gotama Buddha , the great founder of the faith of its people , was a prince of that country , and Mahindo , who finally ...
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... Brahmans have their Kalpa tree in Paradise , and the Banyan in the vicinity of their The story , as related in the Mahawanso , bears a resemblance to the legend of St. Hubert and the stag , in the forest of Ardennes , and to that of St ...
... Brahmans have their Kalpa tree in Paradise , and the Banyan in the vicinity of their The story , as related in the Mahawanso , bears a resemblance to the legend of St. Hubert and the stag , in the forest of Ardennes , and to that of St ...
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... Brahmans ; but the account which he gives of the class of them whom he styles the Hylobii , would seem to identify them with the Sramanas of Buddhism , " passing their lives in the woods , ζῶντες ἐν ταῖς ὑλαῖς , living on fruits and ...
... Brahmans ; but the account which he gives of the class of them whom he styles the Hylobii , would seem to identify them with the Sramanas of Buddhism , " passing their lives in the woods , ζῶντες ἐν ταῖς ὑλαῖς , living on fruits and ...
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Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical James Emerson Tennent No preview available - 2019 |
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