Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & IrelandCambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society, 1900 - Asia Most years contain the Proceedings and Annual report of the society. |
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2nd don Abū Ahikar Akkadian ancient Arabic Arkirie Babar Bábí Bahrám Bombay Brahmi British Museum Buddhist called century character cited Clause copy Cunningham death described edition formulas Gancars given gives headmen Hindu Hiouen Thsang Hurmuzd India Indian Coins inscription interesting Isfandiyád Kapilavastu Kháqán Kharosthi Khusraw Parvíz King Kulūtas land language legend letter literature Lord Mahāyāna Malayalam Margins Mathura Max Müller means mentioned Nu'mán Oriental original Pahlavi Pashai passage Persian poem present probably Professor published reference reign Rigveda Royal Asiatic Society Rustam Sanskrit scholar Semitic Shaikh specimens story Sumerian thee thou translation Turki valman verses village word writing zisă ابو اذا الدنيا السلطان الله ان او بن به تو ذلك شاه على عن قال قد که لا له ما من ولا
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Page 319 - the following sentence from Ahikar is considered to be parallel to Psalm cxli, 4 :—Ahikar : " 0 my son, be not neighbour to the fool, and eat not bread with him." Psalm: " Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity, and let me not eat of their dainties." Much nearer, at any rate, is the following
Page 773 - taken as a whole, are bounded on the north by South Canara, on the east by the farfamed Malaya range of mountains, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the west by the Arabian Sea. The
Page 152 - Notes and Commentaries on Chinese Criminal Law and cognate topics, with special relation to ruling cases, together with a brief Excursus on the Law of Property chiefly founded on the writings of the late Sir Chaloner Alabaster, KCMG, etc., sometime HBM
Page 55 - of the name. Men do not become saints or sinners by merely calling themselves so. The recording angels take with them a record of man's acts. It is he himself soweth, and he himself eateth. Nanak, man suffereth transmigration by God's order. XXI. Pilgrimage, austerities, mercy, and almsgiving on general and special occasions
Page 55 - Whoever performeth, may obtain some little honour. But he who heareth and obeyeth and loveth God in his heart, Shall wash off his impurity in the place of pilgrimage within him. All virtues are thine, 0 Lord; none are mine. There is no devotion without virtue. From the selfexistent proceeded Maya
Page 834 - The Amherst Papyri, being an Account of the Egyptian Papyri in the Collection of the Right Hon. Lord Amherst of Hackney at Didlington Hall, Norfolk, with an Appendix on a Coptic Papyrus by WE Crum.
Page 46 - In describing Him there would never be an end. Millions of men give millions upon millions of descriptions of Him, but they fail to describe Him. The Giver giveth ; the receiver groweth weary of receiving. In every age man subsisteth by His bounty. The Commander by His order hath laid out the way of the world.
Page 57 - XXIII. Praisers praise God, but have not acquired a knowledge of Him, As rivers and streams fall into the sea, but know not its extent. Kings and emperors who possess oceans and mountains of property and wealth ' Are not equal to the worm which forgetteth not God in its heart.
Page 45 - obtain the load of the worlds. If man should have thousands and hundreds of thousands of devices, even one would not assist him in obtaining God. How shall man become true before God ? How shall the veil of falsehood be rent
Page 66 - of the realm of happiness. 1 There things are fashioned in an incomparable manner. What is done there cannot be described. Whoever endeavoureth to describe it shall afterwards repent. There are fashioned knowledge, wisdom, intellect, and understanding ; And there too is fashioned the skill of demigods and men of supernatural power. XXXVII. Force is the