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��his aunt�� Maja´prajapati presented him with a Sanghali�撮�14�А�and ��where�� 

king   Vaidurya   slew   the   seed   of    Sakya�察  �and   they   all   in   dying  became 

Srotapannas。��15�А       �A   tope  was    erected   at  this  last  place�察  �which    is  still 

existing。 

     Several le north´east from the city was the king's field�察�where the heir´ 

apparent sat under a tree�察�and looked at the ploughers。��16�А�

     Fifty le   east   from  the   city was   a   garden�察  �named   Lumbini�撮�17�А �where 



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the queen entered the pond and bathed。 Having come forth from the pond 

on the northern bank�察�after ��walking�� twenty paces�察�she lifted up her hand�察�

laid hold of a branch of a tree�察�and�察�with her face to the east�察�gave birth to 

the    heir´apparent。��18�А     �When     he   fell  to  the  ground�察    �he  ��immediately�� 

walked seven paces。 Two dragon´kings ��appeared�� and washed his body。 

At the place where they did so�察�there was immediately formed a well�察�and 

from it�察�as well as from the above pond�察�where ��the queen�� bathed�撮�19�А�the 

monks ��even�� now constantly take the water�察�and drink it。 

     There are four places of regular and fixed occurrence ��in the history of�� 

all Buddhas��first�察�the place where they attained to perfect Wisdom ��and 

became   Buddha���察  �second�察  �the   place   where   they   turned   the   wheel   of   the 

Law�撮�20�А  �third�察  �the   place   where   they   preached   the   Law�察  �discoursed   of 

righteousness�察�and discomfited ��the advocates of�� erroneous doctrines�察�and 

fourth�察    �the   place    where    they    came     down�察    �after   going    up   to   the 

Trayatrimsas   heaven   to   preach   the   Law   for   the benefit   of   their   mothers。 

Other places in connexion with them became remarkable�察�according to the 

manifestations which were made at them at particular times。 

     The country of Kapilavastu is a great scene of empty desolation。 The 

inhabitants are few  and far between。 On the roads   people have   to be   on 

their   guard   against   white   elephants��21�А  �and   lions�察  �and   should   not   travel 

incautiously。 



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                                          NOTES 



     ��1�А  �Kapilavastu�察   �the   city   of   beautiful   virtue�察─  �was   the   birthplace   of 

Sakyamuni�察�but was destroyed�察�as intimated in the notes on last chapter�察�

during   his   lifetime。   It   was   situated   a   short   distance   north´   west   of   the 

present Goruckpoor�察�lat。 26d 46s N。�察�lon。 83d 19s E。 Davids says ��Manual�察�

p。 25���察 �It was on the banks of the river Rohini�察�the modern Kohana�察�about 

100 miles north´west of the city of Benares。; 

     ��2�А  �The   father�察  �or   supposed   father�察  �of   Sakyamuni。   He   is   here   called 

;the king white and pure; �┌�。�� ��。�� ��。����。 A more common appellation is ;the 

king of pure rice; �┌�。�� ��。�� ��。�����察─�but the character ��。���察�or ;rice�察─�must be a 

mistake for ��。���察 �Brahman�察─�and the appellation= ;Pure Brahman king。; 

     ��3�А�The ;eldest son�察─�or ;prince; was Sakyamuni�察�and his mother had 

no other son。 For ;his mother�察─�see chap。 xvii�察�note 3。 She was a daughter 

of   Anjana   or   Anusakya�察  �king   of   the   neighbouring   country   of   Koli�察  �and 

Yasodhara�察  �an   aunt   of   Suddhodana。   There   appear   to   have   been   various 

intermarriages between the royal houses of Kapila and Koli。 

     ��4�А�In ;The Life of the Buddha�察─�p。 15�察�we read that ;Buddha was now 

in the Tushita heaven�察�and knowing that his time was come ��the time for 

his last rebirth in the course of which he would become Buddha���察�he made 

the necessary examinations�察�and having decided that Maha´maya was the 

right   mother�察   �in   the  midnight     watch    he  entered    her  womb      under   the 

appearance of an elephant。; See M。 B。�察�pp。 140´143�察�and�察�still better�察�Rhys 

Davids' ;Birth Stories�察─�pp。 58´63。 

     ��5�А�In Hardy's M。 B。�察�pp。 154�察�155�察�we read�察 �As the prince ��Siddhartha�察�

the first name given to Sakyamuni�察�see Eitel�察�under Sarvarthasiddha�� was 

one day passing along�察�he saw a deva under the appearance of a leper�察�full 

of   sores�察  �with   a   body   like   a   water´vessel�察  �and   legs   like   the   pestle   for 

pounding rice�察�and when he learned from his charioteer what it was that he 

saw�察  �be   became   agitated�察  �and   returned   at   once   to   the   palace。;   See   also 

Rhys Davids' ;Buddhism�察─�p。 29。 

     ��6�А �This   is   an   addition   of   my   own�察  �instead   of   ;There   are   also   topes 

erected at the following spots�察─�of former translators。 Fa´hien does not say 

that there were memorial topes at all these places。 



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     ��7�А�Asita�察�see Eitel�察�p。 15。 He is called in Pali Kala Devala�察�and had 

been a minister of Suddhodana's father。 

     ��8�А�In ;The Life of Buddha;   we read that the Lichchhavis of Vaisali 

had sent to the young prince   a very fine   elephant�察�but when it was   near 

Kapilavastu�察  �Devadatta�察  �out   of   envy�察  �killed   it   with   a   blow   of   his   fist。 

Nanda   ��not Ananda�察  �but   a   half´brother   of   Siddhartha���察  �coming   that   way�察�

saw   the   carcase   lying   on   the   road�察  �and   pulled   it   on   one   side�察  �but   the 

Bodhisattva�察 �seeing it   there�察 �took   it   by  the   tail�察 �and   tossed   it   over   seven 

fences and ditches�察�when the force of its fall made a great ditch。 I suspect 

that   the   characters   in   the   column   have   been   disarranged�察  �and   that   we 

should read ��。�� ��。�� ��。�� ��。���察。�。�� ��。���察。�。�� ��。��。 Buddha�察�that is Siddhartha�察�was 

at this time only ten years old。 

     ��9�А�The young Sakyas were shooting when the prince thus surpassed 

them all。 He was then seventeen。 

     ��10�А�This was not the night when he finally fled from Kapilavastu�察�and 

as   he   was   leaving   the   palace�察  �perceiving   his   sleeping   father�察  �and   said�察�

;Father�察�though I love thee�察�yet a fear possesses me�察�and I may not stay�察─�

The Life of the Buddha�察�p。 25。 Most probably it was that related in M。 B。�察�

pp。 199´204。 See ;Buddhist Birth Stories�察─�pp。 120´ 127。 

     ��11�А �They   did   this�察  �I   suppose�察  �to   show   their   humility�察  �for   Upali   was 

only     a  Sudra    by   birth�察 �and    had   been    a  barber�察   �so  from    the   first  did 

Buddhism assert its superiority to the conditions of rank and caste。 Upali 

was distinguished by his knowledge of the rules of discipline�察�and praised 

on that   account by  Buddha。  He   was one   of the   three leaders   of the   first 

synod�察�and the principal compiler of the original Vinaya books。 

     ��12�А�I have not met with the particulars of this preaching。 

     ��13�А  �Meaning�察  �as   explained   in   Chinese�察   �a   tree   without   knots�察─  �the 

/ficus Indica/。 See Rhys Davids' note�察�Manual�察�p。 39�察�where he says that a 

branch      of   one     of   these    trees    was    taken     from    Buddha       Gaya     to 

Anuradhapura in Ceylon in the middle of the third century B。C�察�and is still 

growing there�察�the oldest historical tree in the world。 

     ��14�А �See   chap。  xiii�察 �note 11。  I   have not   met   with the   account   of   this 

presentation。 See the long account of Prajapati in M。 B。�察�pp。 306´315。 

     ��15�А�See chap。 xx�察�note 10。 The Srotapannas are the first class of saints�察�



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who   are   not   to   be   reborn   in   a   lower   sphere�察  �but   attain   to   nirvana   after 

having     been    reborn   seven    times   consecutively      as  men    or  devas。    The 

Chinese editions state there were ;1000; of the Sakya seed。 The general 

account is that they were 500�察�all maidens�察�who refused to take their place 

in king Vaidurya's harem�察�and were in consequence taken to a pond�察�and 

had   their   hands   and   feet   cut   off。 There   Buddha   came   to   them�察  �had   their 

wounds dressed�察�and preached to them the Law。 They died in the faith�察�and 

were reborn in the region of the four Great Kings。 Thence they came back 

and visited Buddha at   Jetavana in the night�察 �and there they obtained the 

reward of Srotapanna。 ;The Life of the Buddha�察─�p。 121。 

     ��16�А�See the account of this event in M。 B。�察�p。 150。 The account of it 

reminds      me   of   the  ploughing      by  the   sovereign�察    �which    has   been   an 

institution in China from the earliest times。 But there we have no magic 

and no extravagance。 

     ��17�А �The place of Liberation�察─�see chap。 xiii�察�note 7。 

     ��18�А�See the accounts of this event in M。 B。�察�pp。 145�察�146�察 �The Life of 

the Buddha�察─�pp。 15�察�16�察�and ;Buddhist Birth Stories�察─�p。 66。 

     ��19�А�There is difficulty in construing the text of this last statement。 Mr。 

Beal had�察�no doubt inadvertently�察�omitted it in his first translation。 In his 

revised version he gives for it�察�I cannot say happily�察 �As well as at the pool�察�

the water of which came down from above for washing ��the child��。; 

     ��20�А�See chap。 xvii�察�note 8。 See also Davids' Manual�察�p。 45。 The latter 

says�察�that ;to turn the wheel of the Law; means ;to set rolling the royal 

chariot   wheel   of   a   universal   empire   of   truth   and   righteousness�察─  �but   he 

admits that this is more grandiloquent than the phraseology was in the ears 

of Buddhists。 I prefer the words quoted from Eitel in the note referred to。 

;They turned; is probably equivalent to ;They began to turn。; 

     ��21�А  �Fa´hien   does   not   say   that   he   himself   saw   any   of   these   white 

elephants�察�nor does he speak 

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