750 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. |December, 1911 
the new school the central doctrine has become that of Redemp- 
tion ‘— 
Sumeru is the most exalted of mountains, 
The Ocean is chief amongst the streams ; 
Amongst devas and men, 
None is like to Buddha. 
Able for the sake of all living 
To undergo all suffering, 
So that he might obtain redemption, 
And finally none should perish. 
According to the legend as translated into Chinese, Acvaghos Q 
belonged to the Brahman caste, and had become the 
most pious teachers of the day. : 
t need excite no surprise, then, to find that the 
