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t PK 4591 B78 116 1923 THE LIFE AND WORK * Oi" BUDDHAGHOSA I'A' BIMAI.A GHiVRAN I^AW, M.A., B.L. Author, Ksatriya Clans in- Buddhist India, Historical Gleanings, etc. WITH A FOREWOP Mrs. C. a. F. RHYS DAVIDS, D.Litt., M.A. Fellow of Utitvey^ity College, London. Author, A Buddhist Manual of Psychological Ethics, Buddhist Psychology y Buddhism, Psalms of the Early Buddhisi», etc. /7c. • Dialogues of the Buddha, , • 4 CALCUTTA VND SIMLA TILVv^i^JvR, vSPINK .^c CO 1923 n^esH^ The Bo-Tree at Bodh-Gava. • Calcutta Oriental Series ^oc-«<f« ^ / THE LIFE AND WORK OF BUDDHAGHOSA BY BIMALA CHARAN I^AW, M.A., BX. Author, Ksatriva Clans in Buddhist India,' Historical Gleanings, etc. WITH A FOREWORD BY AIRS. C. A. F. RHYS DAVIDS, D.Litt., M.A. .. Fellow of Univeysitv College, London. Author,.A Buddhist Mamidl of Psvcholosicnl Psalms Ethics, Buddhist Psychology , Buddhism, of the^arly Buddhists, Dialogues of the Buddha, etc., etc. CALCUTTA AND SIMLA THACKER, SPINK & CO 1923 PK FEB 9 1972 ^ ^ '%^vry OF TO?.^$' TO MY TEACHERS AND FRIENDS. FOREWORD I SET down here at the author's request a few words of introduction to his book on Buddhaghosa and his works. But Mr. Bimala Charan I^aw as an investigator in that unharvested field, needs no introduction. By me Hes his prolegomenon to it, published over two years ago, in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. In that essay, he drew up a list of 14 questions on his present subject. All were of historical interest. All would have to be discussed in any critical history of Buddhaghosa' s work.
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