74 Dr. Waddell — Identity of Upagiipta ivith Moggaliputta Ttsso. [JuNE^ 



body of the Sthavira Upagupta 

 was refined and soft, soft as 

 cotton wool. The king perceiv- 

 ing this said. — ' Noble creature, 

 thy limbs are soft as cotton, soft 

 as the silk of Benares, but I 

 unfortunate being, my limbs are 

 rude and my body rough to the 

 touch ! '" p. 340. 



AgoTca asks for a miracle. 



At this meeting none are 

 asked, as in the Mahavamsa, but 

 afterwards, pp. 341-345. 



TJiey visit the Bodhi-tree at Qaya 

 together. 



"Then the King (A9oka) 

 equipped, with an army of the 

 four bodies of troops took 

 perfumes, flowers and garlands 

 and set out in company with the 



Sthavira Upagupta .the 



Sthavira Upagupta having led 

 the king close to the Bodhi-tree, 

 extending his hand said to him, 

 * Here, O great king, the Bodhi- 

 sattva... attained the state of the 

 completely perfect Buddha,' " 

 p. 346. 



" The sovereign with the view 

 of trying the supernatural power 

 of the Thero said to him ' Lord, I 

 am desirous of witnessing a 

 miracle.'... The Thero, manifested 

 this miracle to him who was there 

 seated," p. 41. 



" The king (A^oka) inquired 

 (of)... the chief priest, the sou of 

 Moggali.... The lord of the land 

 hearing this reply ordered the road 

 to the Bodhi-tree to be swept and 

 perfectly decorated and attended 

 by the four constituent hosts of 

 his military array, and by the 



great body of the priesthood 



repaired to the great Bodhi-tree 

 which was decorated with every 

 variety of ornament, laden with 

 flowers of every hue. A body of a 

 thousand priests with the chief 

 Thero (son of Moggali) at their 

 head and a body of thousand 

 monarch s with this emperor 

 (A^oka) at their head having 

 enclosed the sovereign himself as 

 well as the great Bo-tree, with 

 uplifted clasped hands gazed on 

 the great Bo-tree," p. 112. 



