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ever be the intention of the Devatas, be it acceded to.” Accordingly, 
the corpse was borne by the eight Mallian chieftains, on a bier formed 
of their lances, through the northern gate to the centre of the town, 
and then through the eastern gate to the coronation hall of the 
Mallians, where the funeral pile had been prepared. Four noble 
Mallians then advanced and applied their torches to the funeral pile, 
but they were unable to ignite it. Again the bafiled nobles inquired 
of Aniruddha the cause of this second prodigy, who informed them 
that it was the intention of the Devatas that the corpse should not 
be burnt until the arrival of Maha Kasyapa the chief disciple of 
Buddha. At that moment Kasyapa was on his way from Pdwéd 
to Kusindra. On his arrival he perambulated the pile three times, 
and then opening it at the end, he reverentially bowed down his head 
at the feet of Buddha. As he rose, the pile spontaneously ignited, and 
the corpse of the great teacher was consumed. 
188. I have given this long account of the obsequies of Buddha 
for the express purpose of showing the very prominent part that was 
taken by Aniruddha in all the proceedings. He first consoled the 
disciples on the death of Buddha; he then explained the causes of the 
miracles, why the Mallian nobles were unable at first to lift the corpse 
of Buddha, and afterwards to ignite the funeral pile; and lastly, 
according to Hwen Thsang, he ascended to the heavens to inform 
Maya Devi, the mother of Buddha, of her son’s death. As the whole 
of these acts were performed at Kusinara, we might not unreasonably 
suppose that some memorial monument of Aniruddha would have 
been erected there. There is, however, no record of such a monument 
in Hwen Thsang’s aecount of the sacred edifices at Kusinagara; but 
I think it more than probable that the village of Anrudhwa must 
have received its name from some former memorial of the far-sighted 
Aniruddha, the cousin of Buddha. In Sheet 102 of the Indian Atlas the 
name of this village is spelt Aniroodwa which is incorrect, as I had 
the name written down for me by a Brahman of the place. The 
existence of this name in the immediate vicinity of the ancient 
monuments of Kusia must, I think, add considerable weight to all 
the other evidence in favour of the identification of Ausfa with the 
ancient Kusinagara. 
189. There is a discrepancy between the Ceylonese annals and 
the accounts of the Chinese pilgrim regarding the site of Buddha’s 
