1006 P&li Buddhisticd AnnaU. [Dec. 



On her return to the town she meets the rulers of Wis&U, repairing 

 to Ambapuliwano, gorgeously apparelled, and in superb equipages. 

 Her suite compel them to make way for her, and she declines acced- 

 ing to their entreaty to resign to them the honor of entertaining 

 Buddho the next day; and Bhagawa' himself, though solicited by 

 these chiefs, adheres to his promise made to the courtesan. He 

 attends accordingly, and he and his disciples are served with her own 

 hands by the courtesan. After the repast, she takes her seat again 

 on one side of him ; and implores of him to accept the Ambapdli 

 garden as an offering made to him and his disciples. The offering is 

 accepted ; and he preaches another sermon at her house. 



From Ambftpdliwano Bhagawa' repairs to Belugdmaho % i and 

 there calling his disciples together he tells them that as the season of 

 Wassof was at hand, they should disperse around Wesali, according to 

 the invitations they may have received from the resident priests, who 

 were friendly to them ; and that he himself would keep his Wasso at 

 Belugiimako. The Suttan proceeds — 



" Unto Bhagawa', who was holding his Wassotheve, asevere illness was engender- 

 ed, producing agonies indicative of approaching death. He however, retained his 

 mental faculties and his self-possession, without giving way to the disease. 

 Bhagawa' then thus thought : It is unworthy of me that such as I should pass 

 into Parinibbdndn without having assembled those who have assisted me, and with- 

 out addressing myself to the priesthood : it is indispensible that I should submit 

 to this trial with fortitude, maintaining my professions in regard to the transitory 

 matters of this life." 



From this sickness Buddho partially recovers, and is able to sit up 

 in his pulpit. The rest of this Bhdnawdro is occupied by a dialogue 

 between Bhagawa' and A'nando, expressive on the part of the 

 priesthood, of their expectation that they may receive further instruc- 

 tion, and on the part of Sa'kya, of the assurance that he would not, 

 like earthly teachers, withhold any thing ; announcing at the same 

 time, that at his advanced age of seventy, with the infirmities he was 

 labouring under, his career was drawing to a close. 

 The third Bhdnawdro. 



Subsequently, on a certain morning, Bhagawa makes a pilgrimage 

 in search of alms through Wesali, and after his morning repast 

 attended by A'nando, repairs for his noon-day rest to the Chepald% 



* A village situated near Wte&li, so called from a tree of that name. 



+ The rainy season from July to November, during which the Buddhist priests 

 are enjoined to abstain from pilgrimage, and devote themselves to stationary religi- 

 ous observances. The Wasso here described is the one of 544 before Christ. Bud- 

 dho died the following year B. C. 543 in the month of WesUhho, (April-May.) 



X It is not explaiued whether all these chetiyjni are situated in the Wesali, or at 

 different places. 



