Pāli Literature: Including the Canonical Literature in Prakrit and Sanskrit of All the Hīnayāna Schools of Buddhism |
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... Asoka , 24 and although the discrepancies with the Northern tradition cast doubt upon this , there must have been ... Asoka's reign is correct ( see THOMAS , HBT , p . 34 ) , then it is possible that the Theravādins held a third council ...
... Asoka , 24 and although the discrepancies with the Northern tradition cast doubt upon this , there must have been ... Asoka's reign is correct ( see THOMAS , HBT , p . 34 ) , then it is possible that the Theravādins held a third council ...
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... Asoka , which was perhaps the lingua franca of the Buddhists of Eastern India , and not very different from the language of the Hathigumpha inscriptions . At some unknown date , probably around the end of Asoka's reign ( c . 235 B. C. ) ...
... Asoka , which was perhaps the lingua franca of the Buddhists of Eastern India , and not very different from the language of the Hathigumpha inscriptions . At some unknown date , probably around the end of Asoka's reign ( c . 235 B. C. ) ...
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... Asoka and robots ( bhūta - vāhana - yanta ) from the kingdom of Roma , which is doubtless drawn from the stock of stories about Asoka current in South - East Asia , but presumably of North Indian origin . The greater part of the ...
... Asoka and robots ( bhūta - vāhana - yanta ) from the kingdom of Roma , which is doubtless drawn from the stock of stories about Asoka current in South - East Asia , but presumably of North Indian origin . The greater part of the ...
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