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The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal February 1836

1836

The following circumstances according to tradition led to this custom: When the king of Johore appointed nine Panghulus over the nine Negris in the interior of Malacca the heads of the leading tribes in Rumburve viz those of the Bddocinda Jakein and Jawa disputed regarding the superiority of their respective claims to the honor. [...] Cundcing is a populous hamlet the first in the Rumbowe side of the boundary line and is situated at the foot of the mountain of 'G&nong Rumbuwe on whose steep sides amidst luxuriant forests appeared singular patches of partially cleared ground and a few rude huts the habitation of the lords of the woods and rocks the Jakcins. [...] The existence of the foetus in the wenb proceeds from the Swabadwa of the union of male and female; and its gradual growth and assumption of flesh bones skin and organs is caused by the joint energy of the Swabadva of the foetus and that of time or the Swabhciva of the faetux operating in time. [...] The synonyme Sugata or ' w'cll gone for ever quit of versatile cai~teuce ' yet further illustrates the ordinary meaning of the word Talh(yala as well us the ultimate scope and genius of the Buddhist religion of which the end is freedom from metempsychosis ; and the means perfect and absolute enlighteuincnt of the understanding and consequent discovery of the grand secret of nature. [...] recurrence of Nirvritti is the sheer consequence of the abandonment of all absurd ideas respecting the reality and stability of Pravrilti or which is the same thing the abandonment of Avidya: for when Avidya is relinquished or overcor&e Sanscaira and all the rest of the Karmas or acts of the sentient principle vanish with it; and also of course all mundane things and existences which are
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Pages
73
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
I.—Account of Rumbowe One of the States in the Interior of Malacca. By Lieut. J.F. Newbold 23rd Regt. Madras Native Infantry
61-71 James Prinsep view
II.—Quotations from Original Sanscrit Authorities in proof and illustration of Mr. Hodgson’s Sketch of Buddhism
71-96 James Prinsep view
III.—Notes Explanatory of a Collection of Geological Specimens from the Country Between Hyderabad and Nagpur. By J.G. Malcolmson Assistant Surgeon Madras Establishment
96-122 James Prinsep view
IV.—Description of a New Species of Columba. By B.H. Hodgson Esq. Resident in Nepal
122-124 James Prinsep view
V.—Proceedings of the Asiatic Society
124-127 James Prinsep view
VI.—Meteorological Register
128-128 James Prinsep view

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