94 ORIGIN AND DECLTNE Of tHE 



hana's E7'a, and was probably mistaken for the pe- 

 riod of his life. It is mentioned by St. Epiphaxius, 

 who lived about the middle of the fourth century.* 



IV. The followers of Budd*ha, in Sia?n and the 

 Burman Empire, mention the wars of their legislator 

 with De've-Ta't, who, they say, is the let^islator of 

 the Christians. He is the same who is called a Tac- 

 shaca also by the Hindus^ and who manifested him- 

 self in the first year of the Christian Era. They 

 say that he was either a brother, or a relation of 

 Budd'ha ; or in other words, he was a collateral 

 form of Budd'ha. They acknowledge some confor- 

 mity between his doctrine and theirs; because, as 

 they say, his disciples borrowed many things from 

 Budd'ha. He allowed them, however, to kill and 

 eat all sorts of animals, and seduced very many of 

 the disciples of Budd'ha ; and, aspiring to sove- 

 reignty, he waged war against Sam an' a- Gau- 

 tama. He appeared at the head of a new sect, and 

 engaged several kings and nations to join him. He 

 had the gift of miracles, and asserted that he was a 

 god. Dk ve-Tat being several times worsted in this 

 war, made overtures of peace, and Saman'a -Gau- 

 tama consented, on condition that he would sub- 

 scribe to three articles which he was going to pro- 

 pose. These were to worship, first, God ; then his 

 word ; and thirdly, the person who imitates di- 

 vine perfection, or, in other words, to worship 

 Budd'ha. This last article was rejected by De've- 

 Ta't or his disciples, and they went to war again; 

 when De've-Ta't was defeated in the forest of 

 ""Sdlatuyah in the Peninsula. \ He was taken pri- 



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* See Basnage's History of the Jews, page 435. English 

 translation. 



f This is noticed also iu the As. Res. vol. vi. p. |259. 



