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pure or glorious land;" and in sacred treatises it is denominated "the pure region, a kind of prosperity." We find an account of this glorious region of Armtabha in many religious books.1 Sukhavatl is declared to be a large lake, the surface of which...

Buddhism in Tibet: Illustrated by Literary Documents and Objects of ... - Page 103
by Emil Schlagintweit - 1863 - 403 lehte
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Buddhism in Tíbet. With an account of the Buddhist systems preceding it in ...

Emil Schlagintweit - 1863 - 478 lehte

...Sukhavati is declared to be a large lake, the surface of which is covered with lotus-flowers (Padmus), red and white, with perfumes of rare odour. These...Hardy in his works on Buddhism, the priest Nagasena (Nagarjuua), is said to have replied to the King Milinda of Sangala (who ruled about 140 BC ; see A....

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