NOTICE TO THE THIRD EDITION. 



of Mr. B. H. HODGSON and the toilsome researches of the Transyl- 

 vanian traveller M. CSOMA of Korros; and the minutest details of the 

 doctrines and ceremonies of the former have been unfolded in the 

 elaborate and comprehensive collections of Mr. SPENCE HARDY. 1 

 From materials discovered by these and other earnest inquirers, 

 Buddhism in its general aspect has been ably delineated in the 

 dissertations of BuRNOUF 2 and SAINT HILAIRE S , and in the com- 

 mentaries of REMUSAT 4 , STANISLAS JULIEN S , FoucAux 6 , LASSEN 7 , 

 and WEBER. S The portion thus added to the present edition 

 has been to a great extent taken from a former work of mine on 

 the local superstitions of Ceylon, and the " Introduction and 

 Progress of Christianity" there; and as the section relating 

 to Buddhism had the advantage, previous to publication, of 

 being submitted to the Rev. Mr. GOGERLY, the most accom- 

 plished Pali scholar in the island, as well as the most eru- 

 dite student of Buddhistical literature, I submit it with confi- 

 dence as an accurate summary of the distinctive views of the 

 Singhalese on the leading doctrines of their national faith. 



A writer in the Saturday Review 9 , in alluding to the passage 

 in which I have sought to establish the identity of the ancient 

 Tarshish with the modern Point de Galle 10 , admits the force of 

 the coincidence adduced, that the Hebrew terms for "ivory, 

 apes, and peacocks" 11 (the articles imported in the ships 

 of Solomon) are identical with the Tamil names, by which 



1 Eastern Monacltism, an account 

 of the origin, laws, discipline, sacred 

 writings, mysterious rites, religious 

 ceremonies, and present circum- 

 stances of the Order of Mendicants, 

 founded by Gotoma Budha. 8vo. 

 Lond. 1850 ; and A Manual ofjiud- 

 hism in its Modern Development. 8vo. 

 Lond. 1853. 



* BuBtfoUF, Introduction a THis- 

 toire du Bouddhisme Indian. 4to. Paris. 

 1845; and translation of the Lotus 

 de la bonne Loi. 



8 J.BAHXHELEMYSAINT-HILAIEE, 



Le Bouddha et sa Religion. 8vo. Paris. 

 1860. 



4 Introduction and Notes to the 

 Foe Koue Ki of FA HIAN. 



5 Life and travels of HIOUEN 

 THSANG. 



6 Translation of Lalitavistdra by 

 M. PH. ED. FOTJCATTX. 



7 Author of the Indische Alter- 

 thumskunde; &c. 



8 Author of the Indische Studien; &c. 



9 Novemb. 19, 1859, p. G12. 



10 See Vol. II. Pt. vii. ; c. i. p. 102. 

 1 Kings, x. 22. 



