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only the usual rhyming addition of which the Hindus are so fond, as 
in ulta pulta, or “topsy-turvy,” which many of the people say is the 
true meaning of Sdhet-Mdéhet, in allusion to the utter ruin of the whole 
place. But some say that the name was originally Set-met, and as 
this form seems to be only a corruption of Sewet, it is probable that 
Sahet-mahet or Sdhet-mdhet, is simply a lengthened pronunciation of 
Set-met. One man alone, and he, strange to say, was the Musalman 
in charge of the tomb of Pir-Bardna close to the ruined city, affirmed 
that the true name was Sdvitri, which is so close to the correct Pali 
form of Sawatthi as to leave but little doubt that it preserves the 
original name of the place. 
332. The next point of difference is the distance of the celebrated 
monastery of Jetavana from the south gate of the city. According to 
Fa Hian this was 1,200 paces, or about half a mile, which is increased 
by Hwen Thsang to 5 or 6 lx, or nearly one mile. But as the only 
mass of ruins which can possibly be identified with the Jetavana is 
exactly half a mile from the nearest opening in the south rampart of 
the old city, there is clearly some mistake in the distance given by 
Hwen Thsang, unless we may suppose him to have approached the 
monastery by a somewhat longer route through the multitude of holy 
places, of which the remains still exist to the east of the Jetavana 
ruins. By this route the distance would be increased to three-quarters 
of a mile, or 44 lv, which is sufficiently close to the number given by 
Hwen Thsang. 
333. A third discrepancy is contained in the statement of Fa Hian 
that ‘the town has two gates, one facing the east and the other the 
north,”’ when we know that it had a south gate by which both himself 
and Hwen Thsang had issued from the city, when on their way to the 
Jetavana monastery. Perhaps Fa Hian intended to say that “ besides 
the south gate, the city had two other gates, one to the east and one 
to the south.” But as it is scarcely credible that a city which was 34 
miles in circuit should have possessed only three gates, I think that 
we may understand that the statements refer only to the principal 
entrances, and that there were at least as many more smaller gates, or 
wickets, corresponding with the present openings in the ramparts. 
334. Both pilgrims begin their account of Srdvasti at the old 
palace of King Prasengjita, and as both, after describing the surround- 
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