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pal, where they also remained and became Buddhists. A third portion 

 of Prachanda's companions returned to Gour-des. After a time, Santa 

 Sri represented to his Guru Gu'nakar his desire to protect the sacred 

 flame of Swoyambhu with a covering structure. Gu'nakar was charm- 

 ed with the proposition and proposer, and having purified him with 1 3 

 sprinklings of sacred water {trayodas abhiseka),gdive him the title of Dik- 

 shita Santikar Vajra Acharya. [From these transactions is dated the arri- 

 val of the people of Gour-des at Nepal, and their becoming Buddhists.] 



Account of Kanaka Muni. — Once on a time, from Subhavati-nagar 

 of Madhya-des, Kanaka Muni Buddha, with many disciples, some 

 illustrious persons, and a countless multitude of common people, arriv- 

 ed at Nepal, in the course of his religious peregrinations, and spent 

 some months in the worship of Swoyambhu, and the Tri Ratna, and 

 then departed with most of his attendants. A few remained at Nepal, 

 became Buddh-margi and worshippers of Swoyambhu ; [and these too, 

 like all the preceding, soon lost their name and character as Madhya- 

 desiyas, and were blended with the Nepali or Newari race. 



Account of Kashyapa Buddha. — Once on a time, in Mrigadaba-vana, 

 near Benares, Kashyapa Buddha was born. He visited Nepal in pil- 

 grimage, and made his devotions to Sambhu-nath. [Most of the people 

 who came with him staid in Nepal, and soon became confounded with 

 the aborigines.] 



Account of Sdkya Sinha Buddha. — Some time after Kashyapa's visit, 

 in the beginning of Kali yuga,] on the shores of Ganga Sagara, in the 

 sthan of KapilaMuni, and city of Kapila-vasta, and reign of Sadhodana 

 Raja, of the Sakya vansa, was born (as the son of that Raja) Sarvar- 

 tha Siddha, who afterwards became a Buddha with the name of Sakya 

 Sinha. Sakya, with 1 350 Bhikshukas, and the Raja of Benares, se- 

 veral counsellors of state, and a crowd of peasantry of that kingdom, set 

 out on the pilgrimage to Nepal. Having paid his devotions to the self- 

 existent, in the form of flame, he went to the Chaitya on Puchhagra 

 Hill, and repeated to his disciples the past history of Nepal, as well as 

 its whole future history, with many praises of Manju Sri Bodhi satwa : 

 he then observed, " In all the world are 24 Piths, and of all these 

 that of Nepal is the best." Having so said, he departed. His compa- 

 nions, who were of the Chatur varana, or four castes, [Brahman, Kshe- 

 triya, Vaisya, and Siidra,] and belonged to the four orders, [Bhikshu, 

 and Sramana, and Chailaka, and Arhanta,] being much pleased with 

 Nepal -des, continued to dwell in it ; [and in course of time were 

 blended with the aboriginal Nepalis, and became divided into several 

 castes, according to the avocations which they hereditarily pursued.] 



