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... received at the India Office , in fulfilment of the promise made by the Japanese ambassador . Lest these books should remain on the library shelves unexamined and uncared for , I thought they might provide 1 Catena of Buddhist ...
... received at the India Office , in fulfilment of the promise made by the Japanese ambassador . Lest these books should remain on the library shelves unexamined and uncared for , I thought they might provide 1 Catena of Buddhist ...
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... received by the Northern tribes of barbarians . Kanishka was one of the Yue - chi ; and he invaded Magadha and carried off Asvaghosha , the Buddhist patriarch , to Bactria.1 This alone would prove that the Yue - chi were already ...
... received by the Northern tribes of barbarians . Kanishka was one of the Yue - chi ; and he invaded Magadha and carried off Asvaghosha , the Buddhist patriarch , to Bactria.1 This alone would prove that the Yue - chi were already ...
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... received the words of a Rahat , and after travel- ling through various countries , and practising himself in the letters and sounds of the Fan language , he came to Chang'an , and engaged with Chi - yan in the work of translation ...
... received the words of a Rahat , and after travel- ling through various countries , and practising himself in the letters and sounds of the Fan language , he came to Chang'an , and engaged with Chi - yan in the work of translation ...
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... receiving his answer he added , " This need not concern you so much . " On which , approaching him , he changed his head for the one in his hand , and said , " Have you experienced much pain ? " on which Bhadra replied , " Not much ...
... receiving his answer he added , " This need not concern you so much . " On which , approaching him , he changed his head for the one in his hand , and said , " Have you experienced much pain ? " on which Bhadra replied , " Not much ...
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... received the translations when completed and presented them to the emperor . Besides the above , there were compiled , either before or after , the following : - Tai - tang - si - u - kiu - fă - kao - săng - ch'uen , 1 volume , 2 ...
... received the translations when completed and presented them to the emperor . Besides the above , there were compiled , either before or after , the following : - Tai - tang - si - u - kiu - fă - kao - săng - ch'uen , 1 volume , 2 ...
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