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E.B. Cowell |
The Jataka Stories of the Buddha's Former Births |
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| Jataka stories or birth-legends were widely known in the third century b.c. Each story, narrated by the Buddha, opens with a preface relating the particular circumstances in the Buddha's life, revealing some events in the long series of his previous existences as a bodhisattva. These stories magnify the glory of the Buddha and illustrate Buddhist doctrines and precepts by appropriate examples. The foremost interest of these legends lies in their relation to folklore giving a vivid picture of... |
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E.B. Cowell, Ed. |
The Jataka or Stories of the Buddha`s Formar Births (6 Vols. in 3 Pts.) |
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| In India recollection of previous lives is a common feature in the histories of the saints and heroes of sacred tradition. The doctrine of transmigration, since the later Vedic period, has played such an important part in the history of the national character and religious ideas that even Buddhist literature has included the ages of the past as an authentic background to the founder's historical life as Gautama. Jataka stories or birth legends were widely known in the third century B.C. The... |
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E.B. Cowell |
The Harsha Carita of Bana |
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| Bana holds an unrivalled position in the galaxy of India`s literary stars. He is a unique artist in the domain of Embellished Sanskrit prose. Bana`s Harsacarita is a historical romance which presents actual events of his sovereign--Harsavardhana of Thanesar and Kanauj who ruled over northern India in the first half of the seventh century A.D.The present work is an English translation of Harsacarita by two eminent scholars E.B. Cowell and F.W. Thomas. It is a faithful rendering of the original... |
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Edited from Three Manuscripts of E.B.Cowell |
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Madhava Acharya |
Sarva Darsana Samgraha of Madhavacharya or Review of the different systems of Hindu Philosophy |
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| In this fourteenth century text 'A Compendium of all the Philosophical Systems' (of India) the author successively passes in review the sixteen philosophical systems current in India at the time, and gives what appeared to him to be their most important tenets, and the principal arguments by which their followers endeavoured to maintain them. |
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E.B. Cowell (Tr.) |
Buddhist Mahayana Text (SBE Vol.49) |
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E.Roer |
The Twelve Principal Upanisads (3 Vols.) |
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E.B. Cowell |
Maitri or Maitrayaniya Upanisad |
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| Maitrayaniya Upanisad belongs to the Maitrayaniya Sakha of the Black Yajurveda. It appears to have originally formed a part of a lost Brahmana belonging to that Sakha, just as the Brhadaranyaka comes at the end of the Satapatha Brahmana.
The preceding Karma Kanda, according to the commentator, consisted of four parts which described the various ceremonial rites; and the Upanisad was the fitting conclusion by which the initiated devotee is led from ceremonial to spiritual... |
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Dr.E.Roer |
Chandogya And Kausitaki-Brahmana Upanisads |
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E.B. Cowell Tr. |
The Aphorisms Of Sandilya With The Commentary Of Swapneswara or The Hindu Doctrine Of Faith |
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E.B. Cowell |
The Jataka : Or Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births (7 Volumes) |
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| Contents: Vol. I/translated by Robert Chalmers: Preface. 1. Apannaka-Jataka. 2. Vannupatha-Jataka. 3. Serivanija-Jataka. 4. Cullaka-Setthi-Jataka. 5. Tandulanali-Jataka. 6. Devadhamma-Jataka. 7. Katthahari-Jataka. 8. Gamani-Jataka. 9. Makhadeva-Jataka. 10. Sukhavihari-Jataka. 11. Lakkhana-Jataka. 12. Nigrodhamiga-Jataka. 13. Kandina-Jataka. 14. Vatamiga-Jataka. 15. Kharadiya-Jataka. 16. Tipallatthamiga-Jataka. 17. Maluta-Jataka. 18. Matakabhatta-Jataka. 19. Ayacitabhatta-Jataka. 20.... |
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Professor E.B.Cowell |
The Jataka or Stories of the Buddha Former Births (3 vols in 6 Parts) |
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| ABOUT THE BOOK : In India recollection of previous lives is a common feature in the histories of the saints and heroes of sacred tradition. The doctrine of transmigration, since the later Vedic period, has played such an important part in the history of the national character and religious ideas that even buddhist literature has included the ages of the past as an authentic background to the founder's historical life as Gautama. Jataka stories or birth legends were widely known in the third... |
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