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THE BRAHMANA.
420. Him I call indeed a Brâhmana whose pathley the gods do not know, nor spirits (Gandharvas), nor men, whose passions are extinct, and who is an Arhat (venerable).
421. Him I call indeed a Brâhmana who calls nothing his own, whether it be before, behind, or between, who is poor, and free from the love of the world.
422. Him I call indeed a Brâhmana, the manly, the noble, the hero, the great sage, the conqueror, the impassible, the accomplished, the awakened.
423. Him I call indeed a Brâhmana who knows his former abodes, who sees heaven and hell, has reached the end of births, is perfect in knowledge, a sage, and whose perfections are all perfect.
talis, becomes in Páli, under the form of tâdi, a name of Buddha's disciples, and afterwards of Buddha himself. If applied to Buddha's disciples, it may have meant originally such as he,' i.e. his fellows; but when applied to Buddha himself, it can only mean
such a one,' i.e. .so great a man.' The Sanskrit marsha is probably the Pâli mâriso, which stands for mâdiso, Sk. madrisa, * like me,' used in Pâli when a superior addresses others as his equals, and afterwards changed into a mere title of respect.
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