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Buddha is a word, he adds, commonly used for a mere wise man, 

 without supernatural powers. 



Buddha, like Samana, seems to have been a name or title bestowed 

 on priests, as well as on the Buddha of the period. Samana Khii- 

 tama, or the man divested of passions, being the Samanakhodam of 

 Siam. 



When Budd'ha, or a Buddha, has nearly attained to perfection, he is 

 termed in Siamese sacred Pali books Paramabodhisat [Bod'hisatwa]. 



I extract from the Siamese Pali work * Milinda Raja, the following 

 titles expressive of nature's divinely favored : 

 Sota pattimagga. 

 Sakidaga mimagga. 

 Anaga mitto. 

 Arahatta ditto. 

 Sota patti Phala. 

 Saki daga mi Phala. 

 Anaga mi Phala. 

 Arahatta Phala. 

 The periods assigned in the Milinda Raja to the five Buddhas are — 

 For the 1st, from the consolidation of the world, 12 antara Kalpas. 

 Ditto 2d, 10 antara Kalpas. 



3d, 4th and 5th, also similar periods. 

 After Metraiyo a space of 12 antara Kalpas will occur, when Sampatti 

 Maha Meg will appear. Then a period will ensue of 6264 antara Kal. 

 pas, at the end of which the world will be consumed by fire, and a new 

 world will be created or will arise, to be called Sangwatto. In the 

 ' Ratana Kalapa Mettaiyo' is described as having been a Bodhi Satwa, 

 of whom there are three classes, — 



1. Ughati tango, supremely wise. 



2. "Wipachi, of great purity of mind, &c. 



3. Neyo, possessed of great perseverance ; great mental power mili- 

 tates against purity of soul. 



The other names and titles of a Buddha, but whether all are strictly 

 Pali I shall not pretend to say, are : 

 Sri Saraphet. 

 Buddhi lakhana. 

 Budd'ha baltabardm. 

 Chinnasf. 



