Harvard Oriental Series Volume 3

This acclaimed series offers a wealth of scholarship on the languages, literatures, and cultures of Asia. With contributions from leading scholars in their fields, the Harvard Oriental Series is an essential resource for anyone interested in exploring the rich and diverse history of this vast region. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...the former shares with the latter the mistakes prazzaalfiio 177,12, tanna for tatm 18, aparam /cdrg/a 15. Hence it is certain that A2 copied from the same original as A1. A2 leaves blank squares in the middles of the pages. 1 Dharma Vijaya Sfiri corrects this to-jinakueala-. This MS. is rather faulty. A third hand has collated it with some MS. of the textus simplicior, covering the margins with additional stanzas from this text, smearing very often the original readings of A with gamboge, and writing on them inferior readings or downright blunders. In other places the corrector, an ignorant and careless man, restores defective passages cw conjectura. ' According to the colophon, the copyist of A1 was one Sivaaundara, who completed his work in aargwat 157 4-dao vadi 9 cut-re. Bh = Decc. Coll. xiii. 86. This MS. originally consisted of 156 leaves with 12 to 14 (generally 13) lines to a page in books I, II, III, and with 11 lines to a page in books IV, and V. The first leaf and leaves 132 to 140 (both inclusive) are missing.1 Bh has been copied by two hands, the first one going from the beginning of the MS. down to-theend of the third book, the second one from the beginning of the fourth book to the end of V. This copy is a Jain MS., the Jain diagram appearing at the beginnings of books II, III, IV. Besides the usual square blanks in the middle of the pages, which are perforated as in II, most of the recto and verso pages have larger rectangular blanks either at the right or at the left hand margin, or even at both of them. At the end of the third book, the first copyist gives the date amgwat 1442 var-ye without any further information. The rest of the MS. is scarcely younger than its first part. I = Decc. Coll. xxi. 719. 97 leaves, 15...

This series features various texts on Oriental studies, including literature, religion, philosophy, and history from different regions in Asia. It highlights Harvard University's commitment to scholarship and research on the subject matter. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...go extricate this elephant from the mire." So the elephant-trainer went to the lake, showed himself to the elephant with his head arrayed as for battle, and caused the battle-drum to be beaten. The pride of the elephant was immediately aroused. He rose quickly, walked up out of the lake, and stood on dry land. The monks saw the occurrence and told the Teacher. Said the Teacher, "Monks, this elephant has just extricated himself from what was but a quagmire of ordinary mud. 26 But you have flung yourselves headlong into the quagmire of the evil passions. Therefore strive with all your might to extricate yourselves therefrom." So saying, he pronounced the following Stanza, 327. Be joyful in heedfulnas, guard well your thoughts. Extricate yourselves from the quagmire, even as an elephant that is stuck fast in the mud. XXIII. 7. AN ELEPHANT WAITS UPON THE BUDDHA 2 Should one find. This religious instruction was given by the Teacher while he was in residence at Protected Forest near Parileyyaka, 1 Text: N iv. 25-26. 2 Cf. Story i. 5 b (text: i 60"--63"). Text: N iv. 26-31. with reference to a company of monks. 27 The story occurs in the Yamaka Vagga in the Commentary on the Stanzas beginning with the words, The others do not understand. For it is there said: It became known all over the Land of the Rose-apple that the Teacher was residing in Protected Forest, attended by a noble elephant. From the city of Savatthi, Anathapindika, Visakha, the eminent female lay disciple, and other such great personages sent the following message to the Elder Ananda, "Reverend Sir, obtain for us the privilege of seeing the Teacher." Likewise five hundred monks residing abroad approached the Elder Ananda at the conclusion...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.