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the four phaU as a tiara. He also bestowed on them the six abhin&n as a decoration 

 such as flowers to be worn ; assigning the supreme dhammo to them as the white 

 canopy of dominion which subdues the sins (of heresy) ; and procuring for them 

 the consolation (of redemption from transmigration) which resembles a full-blown 

 flower, he and his disciples attained nibbdnan. As well this incomparahle Buddho 

 who had overcome the dominion of sin, as his perfectly propounded dispensation, 

 worthy of the invitation ' come hither and examine it,' and his priesthood, illustrious 

 aDd strictly observant of sacerdotal discipline, the whole perished. If it be asked, 

 why ? ' Because all transitory things are doomed to perish.' 



" The Bhagawa Kassapo expired in the Kdsi country in the Setawydno garden 

 in Sttawybnagaran. His corporeal relics did not separate (his bones remaining 

 jointed after the cremation). The whole of the population of Jambudipo assembled 

 and constructed a thupo one Yojanan in height, each brick for its outer work was of 

 gold, worth a koti and set with jewels ; and they filled in the inner part with bricks 

 each worth half a hdti ,• its cement was composed of red lead, using the oil of the 

 Ula seed, in the place of water. 



u The said Bhagawa Kassapo, fulfilling the object of his mission for the wel- 

 fare of mankind, was a sojourner (chiefly) in the city Migaddyo (a part of Bdrdnusi) 

 in the kingdom of Kdsi rejoicing the universe. 



" The rest of the Gdthayo are well known in all their bearings. The account of the 

 genealogy of the Buddho Kassapo is thus closed in the Atthakatha called the Ma- 

 dhuraatthawil&sanl, to the Buddhawanso. In this extent of detail ; the history of the 

 genealogy of the twenty -four Buddha is comprehensively concluded. Now in due 

 course the history of the genealogy of our Buddho presents itself (for relation). 

 This is his history. 



*' Our Bodhisatto (Buddho elect) existed through four Asankheyy&ni and one 

 hundred thousand kappe. His advent has been recognized and predicted by the (last) 

 twenty-four Buddha, commencing with Di/pankaro of whose fraternity he was 

 a member. It has been thus announced by the revelation of those twenty-four Bud- 

 dha ' there will be no other supreme Buddho subsequent to Kassapo, than this 

 individual.' 



" These are the particulars (of his history) . It has been thus explained by Buddho 

 himself: • the (abhinchdra) final sanction (for attaining Buddhohood) is only obtain- 

 ed while in the collective possession of these eight attributes, viz. being of the hu- 

 man nature ; possessing perfect manhood and a propitious destiny ; being gifted 

 with the privilege to approach a Buddho ; being admitted into sacerdotal ordination • 

 being endowed with pious impulses ; being full of holy aspirations and zealously 

 devoted to his destiny.' By him who had by the accumulated possession of these 

 eight attributes, obtained the final sanction of Di/pankaro to attain Buddhohood— 

 it has also been said ' while I was acquiring by all manner of means the qualifica- 

 tions for Buddhohood, having succeeded in my search, I came in sight of the first 

 d&nap&rami sanctification.* 



" He who had been thus blessed with a sight of the first of the (ten) ddnapdramitd 

 which lead to Buddhohood, continuing to fulfil his prescribed duties, reached at 

 length his aivatar in the person Wessantara (his last existence before attaining 

 Buddhohood). Whatever those duties might be, they have been described in speak- 

 ing of the rewards of piety earned by the (other) Buddha elect, who had ensured 

 their election. 



" (Buddho has also said) ■ Thus individuals of perfect manhood who have been 

 selected to become Buddha perform their pilgrimage through a hundred kdtiyo of 

 kappe, a. long period : they are not subject to be born in the Awichi hell, nor in the 

 lokantera hells, nor do they become inhabitants of the Nigghdmatanhb hell, suffering 

 from thirst and hunger— nor, tenants of the Kalakanjanhb hell. Though they may be 



