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twenty-one days, and then returned to his own country, where he 

 presides over rajahs, governing them with care and equity."* 



From the same collection I present the reader with the following 

 translation, by Mr. Wilkins, of a Sanscreet inscription, copied from 

 a stone at Booddha-Gaya, in the province of Bahar. 



"In the midst of a wild and dreadful forest, flourishing with trees 

 of sweet-scented flowers, and abounding in fruits and roots ; infested 

 with lions and tigers, destitute of human society, and frequented by 

 the Munis, resided Buddha, the author of happiness, and a portion of 

 Narayen. This deity Haree, who is the lord Hareesa, the possessor of 

 all, appeared in this ocean of natural beings at the close of the 

 Dwapar, and beginning of the Cali Yug : he who is omnipresent and 

 everlastingly to be contemplated, the Supreme Being, the Eternal 

 One, the Divinity worthy to be adored by the most praise-worthy of 

 mankind, appeared here with a portion of his divine nature. 



" Once upon a time the illustrious Amara, renowned amongst 

 men, coming hither, discovered the Supreme Being, Buddha, in the 

 great forest. The wise Amara endeavoured to render the God 

 Buddha propitious by superior service; and he remained in the 

 forest for the space of twelve years, feeding upon roots and fruits, 

 and sleeping upon the bare earth ; and he performed the vow of 

 a Muni, and was without transgression. He performed acts of severe 

 mortification ; for, he was a man of infinite resolution, with a com- 

 passionate heart. One night he had a vision, and heard a voice, 

 saying, ' Name whatever boon thou wantest.' Amara-Deva, having 

 heard this, was astonished, and, with due reverence, replied, ' First, 

 give me a visitation, and then grant me such a boon/ He had 

 another dream in the night, and the voice said, ' How can there be 

 an apparition in the Cali-Yug? The same reward may be obtained 



* Asiatic Researches, vol. ii. p. 30!). 



