Eugene Watson Burlingame
Biographic Data
| ID | 9406549 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eugene Watson Burlingame |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eugene Watson |
| FAMILY NAME | Burlingame |
| SIGNATURE | BURLINGAME E W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1917 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Buddhist Legends
Buddhist Legends
Buddhist Legends
Sources of the Pāli Commentaries
XI. The Act of Truth (Saccakiriya)
An Act of Truth is a formal declaration of fact, accompanied by a command or resolution or prayer that the purpose of the agent shall be accomplished. For example, a hunter asks a sage how a certain nymph can be captured, and the sage replies: “Nymphs can be captured by the utterance of a truth; nor, under such circumstances, have they power to vanish from sight.” Accordingly the hunter says to the nymph he desires to capture: “You are the beauti…
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XI. The Act of Truth (Saccakiriya)
An Act of Truth is a formal declaration of fact, accompanied by a command or resolution or prayer that the purpose of the agent shall be accomplished. For example, a hunter asks a sage how a certain nymph can be captured, and the sage replies: “Nymphs can be captured by the utterance of a truth; nor, under such circumstances, have they power to vanish from sight.” Accordingly the hunter says to the nymph he desires to capture: “You are the beauti…
Sources of the Pāli Commentaries
Buddhist Legends
Buddhist Legends
Buddhist Legends
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