» THE BUDDHIST CONCEPTION OF SPIRITS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from Public.Resource.Org https://archive.org/details/buddhistconceptiOObima THE BUDDHIST CONCEPTION OF SPIRITS BIMALA CHURN LAW, SECOND EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED ASIAN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES NEW DELHI ★ CHENNAI ★ 2005 ASIAN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES * 31, HAUZ KHAS VILLAGE, NEW DELHI - 110016 Tel : 2656-0187, 2656-8594 Fax : 011 -2649-4946, 2685-5499 e-mail: [email protected] / [email protected] * 19, FIRST STREET, BALAJI NAGAR, ROYAPETTA, CHENNAI - 600 014 Tel : +91-44-28115040/9382293487 Fax +91-44-28111291 Email: asianeds@md3 vsnl net.in www.asianeds com Printed and Hand-bound in India Price : Rs.195 : SL.Rs. 395 (special price for Sri Lanka only) First Published : 1936. London AES First Reprint: New Delhi, 2005 ISBN 81-206-1933-1 Published byJ.Jetley for ASIAN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES 31, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi -110 016. Processed by AES Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi-110016 Printed at Chaudhary Offset Process, DELHI - 110 051 Law’s Research Series, Pub. No. 3 THE BUDDHIST CONCEPTION OF SPIRITS By BIMALA CHURN LAW, M.A., B.L., Ph.D. Sir Asutosh Mookerjee Gold Medalist, Griffith Prizeman, Calcutta University; Honorary Correspondent, Archceological Survey of India; Advocate, High Court, Calcutta; Author: " A History of Pali Literature,” " Sravasti in Indian Litera¬ ture,” " Geography of Early Buddhism,” “ A Study of the Mahavastu," “ Some Ksatriya Tribes of Ancient India,” “ Ancient Mid-Indian Ksatriya Tribes,” “ Ancient Indian Tribes,” “ The Life and Work of Buddhaghosa,” “ Heaven and Hell in Buddhist Perspective," etc., etc. ; Editor, “ Buddhistic Studies " ; Joint-Editor, “Indian Culture" and “Annual Bib¬ liography of Indian Archeology ” of the Kern Institute, Holland. SECOND EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED LUZAC & CO. 46, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON, W.C.i 1936 «