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Who art invisible, intangible, and a respecter of Buddha, although 

 his superior. " O come with all the benignant powers of that divine 

 Being (Buddha). He who established the VdX\, founded the sacred 

 order [the latter one it is to be supposed] of the priesthood, and exhi- 

 bited in himself a pattern for imitation to the world." 



If such were the tenets of early Buddhism, they were much fewer 

 and more theistical than they now are. 



" And thou O Mania phi chai, the famous physician of old, whose 

 works have enlightened posterity and Saleng." 



" And thou Yama, ruler of the infernal abodes, and Hunuman and 

 P'hra Thammayai, and P'hra Thammayan, lend your aid. And ye O 

 Maha Changklf, and P'hra Lai Darakan, come and render abortive the 

 machinations of evil spirits. And ye all also Krot — Kalingharat — 

 Phonlawibat — Taling Sakh'an — Narai Seng — Narai Kramau — Kam- 

 mayau — Thammay'i — Sonthaya — Ratri and T'haranisan, the latter of 

 whom wrote a book describing whatever there is of evil in Jumbo 

 Dwipa, in air, earth, or water, and injurious to men, come all and 

 prove propitious. 



" And may these invocations which I am going to repeat prove effi- 

 cacious, seeing that Iswara deigned to employ them ; — Maha Samai, 

 Maha Chai, Maha D'hammachak, Maha Thassahak, Wi-pasit and 

 Parit. 



" And may ye O Buddha ong, and Thitp'ha nangkan and Widok 

 Thautrai and Sut and Winai be gracious. 



" And may I be aided by the Maha Chat or the ten states of existence 

 of Buddha (the fourth) which a priest received from that holy one 

 when he had undergone the tonsure at the lake Anaudat [Manasarowara] 

 previous to or at the period when he entered holy orders, and who had 

 seated himself below a pipul tree." 



"At this spot the divine sage was visited by all the Devattas. It 

 happened that a Yakhsha named Marathera, arrived at the same time- 

 Now this Rakhsha had formerly proffered his daughter in marriage to 

 Buddha along with the sovereignty of the whole world, at the end of 

 7 days, but had been refused, because the offer was coupled with the 

 condition that he should abandon his design of becoming a priest. For 

 Buddha contemned the riches and glories of this world. When Bud- 



