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sacerdotal equipments, — respecting which Buddho himself has (subsequently) said, 

 4 These are the eight requisites allowable to an orthodox bhikku. Three robes, a 

 dish, razor, sewing-needle, waist-hand and bathing-cloth.' Bringing these eight 

 requisite sacerdotal equipments, he (by dtikdro) presented them. 



" The great mortal then assuming the character of the Arahantd, by putting on the 

 garb of the pre-eminent priesthood, commanded Chhanno to depart ; saying to him : 

 * Chhanno, inform my wife and father of my happiness as a message sent by my- 

 self.' Thereupon Chhanno, having bowed down to the great mortal, and walked* 

 round him, departed. The charger Kanfhako, who had been listening to the conver- 

 sation of the Buddho elect with Chhanno, thus bewailed : ' Henceforth my master 

 will not be seen again;' and when he had proceeded a certain distance, and the 

 (Buddho) was no longer visible, unable to endure his grief, bursting her heart 

 (Hadayephalite) Kanthako expired; and was reproduced in the form of a dtwo iu 

 the Tdwatinso heavens, where the Swdrupt (the Asurd) have no dominion. His 

 regeneration (there) may be learned in the Wimalatthuwildsine, the At hakaihd on the 

 Wimdnawatihu. 



" Unto Chhanno, in the first instance, there was but one engrossing object of 

 grief (the loss of his master, prince Siddhatto). The second cause of his grief was 

 the death of Kanthako : deeply afflicted, bewailing and weeping, he departed. 



11 In the land in which the Buddho electassutned his sacerdotal character, there wa3 

 a mango grove called Anupiyd. There, having passed seven days, in the enjoyment of 

 sacerdotal happiness, thereafter dazzling iu his yellow raiment, like uuto the full 

 disk of the sun glowing under the blazing clouds of a glaring sun-set, and though 

 alone, imposing in appearance as if attended by multitudes, and administering to 

 beasts and birds a measure of happiness as if heaven was presented to their sight ; 

 roaming like the solitary lion, and pacing like the tusked stately elephant; and 

 treading as if to steady the earth, this lion of the human race, in a single day, per- 

 forming a journey of thirty yoj and and crossing the Gangi (Ganges), a river with 

 high breaking waves and unobstructed course, entered the city called Rdjagahdn, 

 celebrated for the pre-eminent and superb palace resplendent with the rays of the 

 gems with which it was embellished; and having made his entry, without distinc- 

 tion (of houses) he begged for alms. 



" By the appearance of the Buddho elect, the whole city was thrown into commo- 

 tion as if Dhanap&lo (a furious tusk elephant) had entered the town;— as if the chief 

 of the Asurd had invaded the city of the dewd. While the great mortal was in 

 the act of begging alms, the inhabitants of the capital confounded by the joy pro- 

 duced by the charm of the appearance of that great being, became incapable of 

 resisting the desire of gazing at the great elect. Among themselves, these people 

 kept saying one to another. * Friend ! who is this 1 can it be the full moon descend- 

 ed among us out of dread of Ra'hu, concealing the rays with which he is endowed ? 

 Such a one was never seen before.' Smiling at his suggestion, another said, ' This 

 is the god of love with his florial banner : disguised in person, he has come to revel 

 among us; having observed the great personal beauty of our monarch and of our 

 fellow-citizens.' Laughing at him another said, * Friend ! art thou mad: the god 

 of love has half of his body destroyed by the fire kindled by the jealousy of Isso' 

 (Iswara), it is not he: it is the chief of the dewi, the thousand-eyed deity (Indra) 

 who has come here, imagining that it is the celestial city.' Another again playfully 

 ridiculing him, said, ' Friend 1 what nonsense art thou talking. Where are his 

 thousand eyes ? where is his thunderbolt and where is his (elephant) erjwano ? 

 Assuredly he isBra'hma, who, having witnessed the indolence of the brahmans, has 

 come hither to teach the wcda and their accompaniments.' Another ridiculing the 

 * This proceeding is a mark of respect frequently mentioned. 

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