FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION A TRANSLATION OF 



THE LIFE OF GAUDAMA, 



[REVISED EDITION,] 

 BY THE RIGHT REV. P. BIGANDET, D. D. 



The value of the above work is fully appreciated by all 

 readers of Boodhist literature, and needs no recommendation. 



The former edition has been out of print some years, and is 

 often sought for. It is, therefore, proposed to issue a Uevi d 

 Edition, with the notes improved and the text in a larger type 

 than the former edition. 



This edition is not only a revised but an improved one, in 

 that it has been compared with several Palm Leaf copies of the 

 original, obtained from Burmah since the first was printed, and 

 the text enlarged to a great extent. 



Should sufficient encouragement be given, the work will be 

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The book will be an Octavo of some 600 pages, and will be 

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 published, to Indian subscribers. 



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 those members of the Society who wish for copies. The} >> be 

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