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... early en- thusiastic acclamation of Śākyamuni as the one and only Buddha of the present dispensation . Though other bud- dhas were recognized from a very early date , the attention of the early community was focused almost exclusively ...
... early en- thusiastic acclamation of Śākyamuni as the one and only Buddha of the present dispensation . Though other bud- dhas were recognized from a very early date , the attention of the early community was focused almost exclusively ...
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... Early period Middle period Late period The Gaelic revival Scottish Gaelic 596 Writings of the medieval period ... early literature ( linguistically Archaic , Old , and Early Middle Irish ) , was composed by a professional class , the ...
... Early period Middle period Late period The Gaelic revival Scottish Gaelic 596 Writings of the medieval period ... early literature ( linguistically Archaic , Old , and Early Middle Irish ) , was composed by a professional class , the ...
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... early Irish epic was a prose narrative that usually contained non - narrative poetic passages , often in dialogue form . The resemblance between this and the type of epic found in early Sanskrit suggests that the tradition went back to ...
... early Irish epic was a prose narrative that usually contained non - narrative poetic passages , often in dialogue form . The resemblance between this and the type of epic found in early Sanskrit suggests that the tradition went back to ...
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