CAPTAIN MAHONy's PAPER ON CEYLON. 53S 



Vishnu, in the character of Jina, Ma'ha'de'va 

 in the form of Ariian, or jMahimax, and Brah- 

 ma' in the figure of Buddha, remarks, " most of 

 " the Brahmens insist that the Buddha, who per- 

 " verted De'va'da'sa, was not the ninth incarna- 

 ^' tion of Vishnu, whose name, some say, should 

 "be written Boudha, or Boddha; but 'not to 

 *' mention the Amarcbsh, the AlugJidha-bodh, and 

 '' the GHa-govind, in all of which, the ninth A'va- 

 " tar is called Buddha, it is expressly declared in 

 *' the Bhagarat, that Vishnu should appear ninth- 

 " ly in the form of ''Buddha," son of Jina, for 

 " the purpose of confounding the Daityas, at a 

 " place named Cicata, when the Call-^ge should 

 " be completely begun." 



In this quotation, the ninth A'vatar is called the 

 son of Jina ; (perhaps as a descendant from Jina, 

 or as having adopted part of his doctrines ;) but 

 the present worshippers of Buddha state him to 

 be the son of Sudhodun, and those from whom 

 Aboolfuzul took his account of Boodh in tlie 

 Ayeen Akbery^ gave him the same information ; 

 in which they are supported by the Amara-coaha. 

 as already noticed. The followers of Boodh, at 

 Ceylon^ although their long intercourse with the 

 Hindus (especially since they have been governed 

 by a Hindu prince) has introduced some Hindu 

 tenets and observances, in addition to what may 

 have been originally derived from them, also por 

 sitively deny that their Boodh is the Hindu A'va- 

 tar. The conclusion of Sir \y. JoxES*, that a se- 

 cond Buddha, assuming the name and character 

 of the first, attempted to overset the system of the 



* Dissertation on the chrouology of Ihe Hindus, Asiatic Re 

 fcarches, Volume II. 



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