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Pali Buddhistical Annals. 



[Sept. 



" On the B6dhisatto seating himself there, Ma'ro (death) in the person of Wasawatti 

 dtico, saying ' Prince Siddhatto is endeavouring to overthrow my dominion over 

 him: let me not yield to that desire;' and explaining this resolution to his own 

 legions with the armies of Ma'ro in his train, he set out. The said army of Ma'ro 

 extended twelve yojand in front and the same on the right and on the left, and in the 

 rear it extended to the confines of the Chakkaw&lan ; and nine yojand up into the air. 

 The sound of its uproar, as if burstiug the earth, was heard from the distance of a 

 thousand yojano. 



At the same time Sakko, the king of the dewd stationed himself near him, sound- 

 ing his Wijayuttara chank, which chank (shell) is one hundred and twenty cubits 

 long: PancJiasikho, the Gandhabha dtwo, brio ging with him his Biluioapdndu, lyre, 

 three gdwvtdni in length, stationed himself also there, playing and singing appropri- 

 ate hymns of joy. The dewa rdja Suya'mo, bringing with him his heavenly chdmard t 

 in length three gawutdni and resembling the brilliancy of the rays of the planet (the 

 mocn) which presides over the night, likewise stationed himself there gently fanning 

 him. And the Brahmd Sahanpati, holding over the head of Bhagawa' his white 

 chhatta (parasol of dominion) three yojand in width, as if it were a second disc of 

 the sun, also stationed himself there. The king of the Ndgd Mahdkdlo, presented 

 himself attended by his eighty thousand choristers, singing hymns of joy, and bow- 

 ing down to the great mortal. The dtwatd in the ten thousand Chakkawaldni attend- 

 ed, presented offerings of fragrant garlands, frankincense and pulverized scent. 



"The dewo, Ma'ro, then mounted his Girimikhalo tusk elephant, which was one 

 hundred and fifty yojand high, like unto the Girisileaharo mountain, very superb to 

 the sight, and capable of overcoming his enemies ; and raising up his many thoxisand 

 arms, provided himself with weapons of every description, by not taking up any two 

 weapons of the same kind. His army also equipped with swords, axes, javelins, bows 

 bent by great strength, arrows, Idhala, spikes, the broad spikes, the tomara, clubs, 

 (sharp-edged missile in the form of) rings, the kanaya, kappana, hoppana and 

 (missile) wheels, and assuming the faces of the ruru (a description of deer), of lions, 

 of the kagha (unicorn), of the sa7'abha, of bears, of the viyagghd (a description of 

 tiger), of monkies, serpents, cats, owls, buffaloes, the pasadd, horses, elephants; 

 and with terrific unnatural forms of men, demons and spirits, continued rushing 

 towards the spot on which the Bodhisatto was seated at the foot of the Bodhi tree ; 

 and surrounding him, halted waiting for the order of Ma'ro. 



" On this army of Ma'ro congregating around the terrace of the Bodhi tree, it 

 was impossible for Sakko and the other dtwd (before mentioned) to retain their 

 stations ; and wherever they met (the dtwd) gave way and fled. Sakko, the king 

 of dewd, slinging his wijayutta chank across his shoulders, and departing, stationed 

 himself on the edge of the orifice of the Chakkawdldn. Maha' Brahma' depositing 

 his white chhatta on the confines of the Chakkawdldn, fled to Bruhmaloko itself. 

 Ka'lo, the king of the Ndga. abandoning his whole train of dancers and singers, 

 and diving into the earth, and repairing to the Mangirika Ndga realms, five hundred 

 yojand in extent, laid himself down, concealing his face with his hands. Not a single 

 dewo could retain his position there (at the Bodhi tree). 



" The great mortal, as if he were Maha/ Brahma' himself, alone retained his 

 station, in that deserted position. Thereupon, in the first place, apparitions of ill 

 omen in various forms descended, yelling, ' now Ma'ro will come.' At the 

 instant of the conflict of the patron of the three worlds, (Bodhisatto) with the patron 

 of procrastinators (Ma'ro) a thousand appalling meteors descended ; and clouds and 

 darkness prevailed. Even this unconscious (earth) together with the oceans and 

 mountains, it contains, quaked, as if it were conscious— like unto a fondly loving girl 

 who is forcibly separated from her mate— like unto the festooned vine quivering under 



