Life and works of Alexander Csoma de Körös : $b A biography compiled chiefly from hitherto unpublished dataDuka, Tivadar
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Life and works of Alexander Csoma de Körös : $b A biography compiled chiefly from hitherto unpublished data
Duka, Tivadar
Kőrösi Csoma, Sándor, 1784-1842
[53] This should be, de Körös, without the terminal i. See page 9,
ante.
[54] Darjeeling, in British Sikkim.
[55] This is a mistake, as he was born in April 1784.
[56] “Journal Asiatic Society of Bengal,” vol. xiv. p. 823.
[57] See Dr. Campbell’s Report, page 147, ante.
[58] Ralston’s “Tibetan Tales.” Trübner & Co., London, 1882.
Introduction, p. 21 et seq.
[59] See chap. v., p. 77.
[60] See chap. xi., p. 153.
[61] See “Journal Royal Asiatic Society,” vol. xvi., p. 493.
[62] Ralston, op. cit.
[63] To whose courtesy an especial tribute is due here, with the
expression of deep regret at his untimely death by cholera in May last.
[64] Dr. Archibald Campbell speaks of Csoma’s grizzly beard.
[65] See “Journal Royal Asiatic Society,” vol. xvi. p. 486.
[66] A shelter, a house; in Tibetan, Khyim.
[67] The ten commandments of Buddha are these:—
1. Not to kill. 2. Not to steal. 3. Not to commit adultery. 4. Not to
tell falsehood. 5. Not to use abusive language. 6. Not to speak
nonsense. 7. Not to slander. 8. Not to be covetous. 9. Not to bear
malice. 10. Not to be stubborn in a wrong principle.
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