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BUDDHIST BIRTH STORIES; or, Jataka Tales. The Oldest Collection of Folk-lore
Extant : BEING THE JATAKATTHAVANNANA, For the first time Edited in the
original Pali. By V. FAUSBOLL ; And Translated by T. W. Rhys Davids.
Translation.
BUDDHIST BIRTH STORIES; or, Jataka Tales. The Oldest Collection of Folk-lore
Extant : BEING THE JATAKATTHAVANNANA, For the first time Edited in the
original Pali. By V. FAUSBOLL ; And Translated by T. W. Rhys Davids.
Translation.
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... attention to gaining a knowledge of the Tibetan literature and language." —
Calcutta Review. *' Ought to interest all who care for the East, for amusing stories,
or for comparative folk-lore."— Pall Mall Gazette. TRUSTEE'S ORIENTAL
SERIES.
... attention to gaining a knowledge of the Tibetan literature and language." —
Calcutta Review. *' Ought to interest all who care for the East, for amusing stories,
or for comparative folk-lore."— Pall Mall Gazette. TRUSTEE'S ORIENTAL
SERIES.
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The volume is rich in ancient stories bearing upon the world's renovation and the
origin of castes, as recordod in these venerable authorities.'' — Daily Nena. Third
Edition. Post 8vo, pp. viii.-464, cloth, price i6s. THE SANKHYA APHORISMS ...
The volume is rich in ancient stories bearing upon the world's renovation and the
origin of castes, as recordod in these venerable authorities.'' — Daily Nena. Third
Edition. Post 8vo, pp. viii.-464, cloth, price i6s. THE SANKHYA APHORISMS ...
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A host of legends has grown up around the hero Krishna ; they attend him from
his cradle to his pyre ; but the stories of his infancy and his youth are those which
are most popular, and interest all classes, especially women and young people.
A host of legends has grown up around the hero Krishna ; they attend him from
his cradle to his pyre ; but the stories of his infancy and his youth are those which
are most popular, and interest all classes, especially women and young people.
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The stories of the Epic poems even are of no great value. It may be, as has been
maintained, that they " are simply different versions of one and the same story,
and that this story has its origin in the phenomena of the natural world and the ...
The stories of the Epic poems even are of no great value. It may be, as has been
maintained, that they " are simply different versions of one and the same story,
and that this story has its origin in the phenomena of the natural world and the ...
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| Title | A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature Volume 6 of Trübner's oriental series |
| Author | John Dowson |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1879 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 411 pages |
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