PRONUNCIATION.
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Carus, Paul and Kopetzky, O. (Olga)
Pronounce:
a as the Italian and German short a. ā as a in father, e as e in eight. i as i in hit. ī as i in machine. o as o in home. u as oo in good. u as ū in rumor. ai as in eye. au as ow in how. ñ as ny. jñ as dny. ññ as n-ny. ch as ch in church. cch as ch-ch in rich chance.
Note that o and e are always long.
s, j, y, and other letters, as usual in English words.
Double consonants are pronounced as two distinct sounds, e.g., ka'm-ma, not kă'ma.
The h after p, b, k, g, t, d is audible as in dub him, beg her, brick house, ant hill. Pronounce Tat-hāgata, not Ta-thāgata.
To the average European it is difficult to catch, let alone to imitate, the difference of sound between dotted and non-dotted letters. All those who are desirous for information on this point must consult Sanskrit and Pāli grammars.
Lest the reader be unnecessarily bewildered with foreign-looking dots and signs, which after all are no help to him, all dotted ṭ, ḍ, ṃ, ṇ, and italicized t, d, m, n have been replaced in the text of the book by t, d, m, n, ñ, ññ, dotted ṛ and italicized s have been transcribed by ny, nny, ri, and sh, while the Glossary preserves the more exact transcription.
We did not follow the spelling of the Sacred Books of the East, where it must be misleading to the uninitiated, especially when they write italicized K to denote spelling of the English sound ch, and italicized g to denote j. Thus we write "rājā," not "rāgā," and "Chunda," not "Kunda."
TABLE OF CONTENTS. Preface Pronunciation INTRODUCTION.
I. Rejoice
II. Samsāra and Nirvāna
III. Truth the Saviour PRINCE SIDDHATTHA BECOMES BUDDHA.
IV. The Bodhisatta's Birth
V. The Ties of Life
VI. The Three Woes
VII. The Bodhisatta's Renunciation
VIII. King Bimbisāra
IX. The Bodhisatta's Search
X. Uruvelā, the Place of Mortification
XI. Māra, the Evil One
XII. Enlightenment
XIII. The First Converts
XIV. Brahmā's Request THE FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
XV. Upaka
XVI. The Sermon at Benares
XVII. The Sangha
XVIII. Yasa, the Youth of Benares
XIX. Kassapa
XX. The Sermon at Rājagaha
XXI. The King's Gift
XXII. Sāriputta and Moggallāna
XXIII. Anāthapindika
XXIV. The Sermon on Charity
XXV. Jetavana
XXVI. The Three Characteristics and the Uncreate
XXVII. The Buddha's Father
XXVIII. Yasodharā
XXIX. Rāhula CONSOLIDATION OF THE BUDDHA'S RELIGION.
XXX. Jīvaka, the Physician