998 Pali Buddhistical Annals. [Dec. 



** Thereafter Bhagawa' having dwelt at Rdjagahan as long as it was agreeable to 

 him, he said to the beloved A'nando : A'nando, let us depart; wherever A'mbat- 

 thikd*, may be, thither let us proceed. The venerable A'nando replied unto Bha- 

 gawa', saying: Lord, be it so. Thereupon Bhagawa' accompanied by a great 

 concourse of bhikkhus proceeded to A'mbatthikd." 



Buddho there discourses on the same topics, and then repairs simi- 

 larly attended to Ndlandd-f, where he sojourns in the Pdivdriko garden. 

 There Sariputto, one of his two chief disciples, (Moggallano 

 being the other chief disciple,) observes to Buddho, that there had not 

 existed, did not then exist, and would not ever appear hereafter, any 

 one equal to, or greater than, Bhagawa'. To which observation, 

 Sa'kya replies at great length, attributing Sariputto's ignorance 

 on this subject to his powers of inspiration being more limited than 

 his own ; and tells him that supreme Buddha had existed before 

 him, and would be manifested also in after ages. There also Bhagawa' 

 propounds, as at other places, the doctrines of his faith. 



From Ndlandd Buddho repairs to Patiligdmo with the same retinue, 

 and dwells at the Awasathdgdrdn\ which is duly fitted up for him by 

 the Gahdpati (the principal inhabitants of the place), to whom he 

 explains the principles of sildn and the fruits derived by its obser- 

 vance. At that period two great ministers of the king of Mdgadha, 

 Sunidho and Wassakaro were building a (Nagaran) citadel in 

 the village Pdtali, for the purpose of checking the Wajjians. Bud- 

 dho there predicts that the village Pdtali is destined to become 

 a great city ; announcing also that it is destined to suffer under the 

 calamity of fire, of water and of treachery§. On hearing this prediction 

 the two Mdgadha ministers wait on Buddho to invite him to a 

 repast at their residence. He accepts the invitation, The gate (of 

 the city in progress of construction), and the ferry of the Ganges 



* The Atthakathd explains that this is a royal garden situated near Rdjagahan, 

 so called from an excellent (amba) mango-tree which stood at its gate. 



"T Is stated to be distant from Rdjagahan, one ydjano, (about 16 miles.) 



X It would appear by the Atthakathd that P&lali was an inferior town, or as 

 the term implies, a mere village at this time ; and it is stated that the inhabitants 

 of this village suffered great hardships and extortions, by being turned out of their 

 houses, for a fortnight and a month at a time, to accommodate the officers and 

 messengers who were continually passing and repassing between Wesdli and Rdja- 

 gahan. To avoid these oppressions the inhabitants built this A'wdsathdgdrdn or 

 rest-house in the middle of the town, for the accommodation of travellers. 



§ The Atthakathd explains that a part of the town is to be destroyed by fire ; 

 that a part is to be swept away by the river ; and a part by treachery and perfidy. A 

 very comprehensive prophecy, the realization of some part of which was scarcely 

 avoidable. Buddhists, however, point with exultatiou to the partial destruction ®f 

 ancient Palebothra by the river. 



