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6. Bhadrika — (Tib. Bzan-po) — belongs to Yamuna-dvipa (probably the country 

 watered t>y the Yamuna), holds one hand in the attitude preaching and the other in a 

 meditative attitude, and sits surrounded by a circle of one thousand and two hundred arhats. 



7. Kanaka-vatsa — (Tib. Gser-behu) — belongs to Kasmira, holds a string of precious 

 gems, and sits surrounded by a circle of five hundred arhats. 



8. Kanaka-bhdradvaja — (Tib. Bha-ra-dva-ja-_g\ser-can) — belongs to Aparagodaniya, 

 holdshis hands in a meditative attitude and sits surrounded by a circle of seven hundred arhats. 



9. Bakula — belongs to Uttarakuru, holds an ichneumon or mongoose in his hands, 

 and sits surrounded by a circle of nine hundred arhats. 



10. Rclhula — (Tib. Sgra-gcan-hdsin) — belongs to Priyafigu dvipa, holds a precious 

 crown and sits surrounded by a circle of eleven hundred arhats. 



11. Cutapanthaka — (Tib. Lam-phran-brtan, literally " firm on the small road")-— 

 belongs to the Gridhrakuta hill, holds the hands in tranquil meditative posture, and sits sur- 

 rounded by a circle of one thousand and six hundred arhats. 



12. Pindola-bharadvaja — (Tib. Bha-ra-dva-ja-bsod-snoms-len) — belongs to Purva- 

 videha, holds in his hands a book and an alms-bowl, and sits surrounded by a circle of 

 one thousand arhats. 



13. Panthaku — (Tib. Lam-bsten) — belongs to Trayastrimsa devaloka, holds a book 

 preaching religion, and sits surrounded by a circle of nine hundred (or, according to some 

 Tibetan books, nineteen hundred) arhats. 



14. Ndgasena — (Tib. Klu-yi-sde) — belongs to the king of mountains, Urumunda (Tib. 

 nos-yans), holds a vase and mendicant's staff, and sits surrounded by a circle of twelve 

 hundred arhats. 



15. Gopaka — (Tib. Sped-byed) — belongs to Parvataraja Vihula, holds a book called 

 Prajiiaparamita in both hands, and sits surrounded by a circle of one thousand and four 

 hundred arhats. 



16. Acala — (Tib. Mi-phyed) — belongs to Parvataraja Himalaya, holds a bodhi-caitya 

 with both hands, and sits surrounded by a circle of one thousand arhats. 



17. Dharmata — In the list of Sthaviras the name of Dharmata is also mentioned. 

 He is described as an Updsaka or devotee (Tib. Dge-bsnen) wearing his long hair in the 

 shape of a turban, carrying a bundle of books on his back, and sitting before Amitabha as 

 an attendant. 



18. ffuo-shan — In in some Chinese books, Huo-shafi orHvashang is included in the 

 list of Sthaviras. He is described as a good-natured person holding a rosary in his right 

 hand and a peach in his left, with little goblins playing around him. 



These Sixteen Sthaviras were not contemporaries. Six of them, viz., Ahganika, 

 Ajita, Pindola, Bakula, Bhadrika and Rahula are mentioned in the canonical Pali 

 Scriptures. The Thera-gdthd of the Suttapitaka contains some verses 1 which are 



I Anganika is said to have chanted the following stanzas ; 



