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from the sight of an image, or from the worship of an image, as may 

 be derived from the immediate visitation of a deity/ Having heard 

 this, he caused an image of the Supreme Spirit Buddha to be made, 

 and he worshipped it, according to the law, with perfumes, incenses, 

 and the like; and he thus glorified the name of that Supreme 

 Being, the incarnation of a portion of Veeshnu : ' Reverence be unto 

 thee in the form of Buddha ! Reverence be unto the Lord of the 

 earth ! Reverence be unto thee, an incarnation of the Deity and the 

 Eternal One ! Reverence be unto thee, O God, in the form of the 

 God of Mercy, the Dispeller of pain and trouble, the Lord of all 

 things, the Deity who overcometh the sins of the Cali-Yug, the Guar- 

 dian of the Universe, the Emblem of Mercy towards those who serve 

 thee! OM, the possessor of all things in vital form! Thou art 

 Brahma, Veeshnu, and Mahesa! Thou art Lord of the Universe! 

 Thou art, under the proper form of all things, moveable and im- 

 moveable, the possessor of the whole ! and thus I adore thee. Re- 

 verence be unto the Bestower of salvation, and Resheekesa, the 

 ruler of the faculties ! Reverence be unto thee, (Kesavah,) the 

 destroyer of the evil spirit Kesee ! O Damordara, shew me favour ! 

 Thou art he who resteth upon the face of the milk}' ocean, and 

 who lieth upon the serpent Sesha. Thou art Treeviekrama, (who, 

 at three strides, encompassed the earth!) I adore thee, who art 

 celebrated by a thousand names, and under various forms, in the 

 shape of Buddha, the God of Mercy ! Be propitious, O Most 

 High God!' 



" Having thus worshipped the guardian of mankind, he became 

 like one of the just. He joyfully caused a holy temple to be built 

 of a wonderful construction, and therein were set up the divine foot 

 of Veeshnu, for ever purifier of the sins of mankind, the images of 

 the Pandoos, and of the descents of Veeshnu, and in like manner of 

 Brahma and the rest of the divinities. 



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