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Page 528
... ( Pāli and Sanskrit : " Births " ) , ex- tremely popular stories of former lives of the Buddha that are preserved in all branches of Buddhism . Mrga Jätaka showing the Bodhisattva ( Buddha - to - be ) as a deer , stone bas - relief from ...
... ( Pāli and Sanskrit : " Births " ) , ex- tremely popular stories of former lives of the Buddha that are preserved in all branches of Buddhism . Mrga Jätaka showing the Bodhisattva ( Buddha - to - be ) as a deer , stone bas - relief from ...
Page 718
... Pāli : " mercy , compas- sion " ) , in Buddhism , one of the four sublime states ( brahmavihāras ) , or spiritual moods , that both laymen and monks are exhorted to develop constantly . Karunā and the oth- er brahmavihāras - loving ...
... Pāli : " mercy , compas- sion " ) , in Buddhism , one of the four sublime states ( brahmavihāras ) , or spiritual moods , that both laymen and monks are exhorted to develop constantly . Karunā and the oth- er brahmavihāras - loving ...
Page 791
... Pāli , Thai , Chinese , and Vietnamese . Syntactic relations among the words of a sen- tence are usually indicated by word order or by the use of prepositions . Khmer nouns are not marked for gender . See also Mon - Khmer languages ...
... Pāli , Thai , Chinese , and Vietnamese . Syntactic relations among the words of a sen- tence are usually indicated by word order or by the use of prepositions . Khmer nouns are not marked for gender . See also Mon - Khmer languages ...
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