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number, but also because the elephant is one of the seven jewels 
of the Cakkavattiraja. The second ratana mentioned in the Maha- 
sudassanasutta (Digha IH, 174) is the “sabbaseto sattappatittho 
iddhimaé vehasamgamo Uposat tho nama nagaraja.” The two lists 
gels correspond, with the exception that in the case of the 
wheel, the former appropriate for a Buddha as the latter fora 
universal monarch. The devi corresponds to the 7tthiratanam, 
Channa and Kaludayi to the gahapatiratanam and parindyakara- 
tanam, Kanthaka to the assaratanam and the nidhikumbhiyo to the 
maniratanam. This correspondence seems to show that the reading 
of Sil4nanda has much to recommend it to the consideration of 
Pali scholars. 

