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that his cremation will be conducted with the same honors as that of a 

 Chakkaivatti raja, which he thus describes : they wind a new cloth 

 round the corpse ; having wound it with a new cloth, they enclose it in 

 a layer of floss cotton ; having encased it in a layer of floss cotton, they 

 bind that with another new cloth. Having in this manner enclosed a 

 Chakkawatti raja's corpse, in five hundred double layers (of cotton and 

 cloth) and deposited it in a metal* oil-chaldron, and covered it with an- 

 other similar vessel, and having formed a funeral pile with every de- 

 scription of fragrant combustibles, they consume the body of a Chakka- 

 watti raja; and for a Chakkawatti raja they build the thupo at a spot 

 where four principal roads meet. It is in this manner, A'nando, they 

 treat the corpse of a Chakkawatti raja. Whatever the form observed 

 in regard to the corpse of a Chakkawatti raja may be, it is proper, 

 A'nando, that the same form should be observed in regard to the 

 corpse of Tathagato. 



Bhagawa' next dwells on the merits that are acquired by building 

 thupd over relics of Tathdgatd, P ache-Buddha, Sdwakd and Chak- 

 kawatti rajas. A nando then retires into the wiharo, to weep in pri- 

 vate at the approaching death of Buddho, who sends for him, comforts 

 him by the approbation of his past conduct, and the assurance that he 

 will shortly attain arahathood. He then assembles the bhikkhus, and 

 expatiates on the merits of A'nando, especially pointing out his four 

 miraculous gifts, which are the attributes of a Chakkaivatti raja. A'nan- 

 do thereupon thus implores of Buddho ; Lord, let not Bhagawa' rea- 

 lize his parinibbdnan in this inferior town, which is an insignificant 

 and a branchf town : there are, lord, other chief cities which be these — 

 Champa, Rajagahdn, S&watthi, Sdketdn, Kosatnbi and Bdrdnasi. 

 Let Bhagawa' realize his parinibbdnan there. There are numer- 

 ous illustrious tribes of Khattiya, Brdhamana and Gahdpati there. 

 They are greatly devoted to Tatha'gato — they will duly celebrate 

 his funeral rites. Not so, A'nando — make no such proposition : and 

 Buddho proceeds to reveal that Kusindrd was once celebrated under 

 the denomination of Kusdwatti, then the capital of Mahasicdassano 

 raja, and to describe its grandeur at that period. He enjoins A'nando 

 to enter Kusindid, and announce to the Malta princes, that in the last 

 watch of that night Tatha'gato is to realize his nibbdndn ; and to 

 invite them to attend. A'nando obeys this command, accompanied 

 by an attendant. He finds the principal inhabitants assembled at the 

 Sanihagdrd said (hall of assembly) on some other business ; and the 



* The Aithakatha requires this word to he rendered gold, 

 f Literally rendered for " Sakhanagarako.'' 



