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Men, hearing this word, thought it meant datta, meaning "give" or "fertilize," because begetting was the only divine thing they could do, and charitable giving was the only way they knew to seek blessedness.
Archive 2008-04-01 Jan 2008
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The Sanskrit name means “the city of humpbacked maidens;” with reference to the legend of the hundred daughters of king Brahma-datta, who were made deformed by the curse of the rishi Maha-vriksha, whose overtures they had refused.
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The Sanskrit name means "the city of humpbacked maidens;" with reference to the legend of the hundred daughters of king Brahma-datta, who were made deformed by the curse of the rishi
A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline ca. 337-ca. 422 Faxian
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At the same time when Brahma-datta was reigning in Benares, the future
Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906
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Brahma-datta was reigning in Benares; and when he grew up he became the king's adviser in things temporal and spiritual.
Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906
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[100] "Non ha datta fora tal opera come cose composto da sua testa ma come cose ellette raccolte e copiate de diverse libri a penna."
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At the same time, when Brahma-datta was reigning in Benares, the future
Indian Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885
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The future Buddha was once born in a minister's family, when Brahma - datta was reigning in Benares; and when he grew up, he became the king's adviser in things temporal and spiritual.
Indian Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885
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Once upon a time, when Brahma-datta was reigning in Benares, the future
Indian Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885
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HOT ACTRESS guru datta posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10: 52 AM
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