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XIV. 



14. Original.- «H" ^ *T ^ Ski 

 Transcription. — Grag-hdsin-ma gnid son. 

 Translation. — Yasodhara asleep. 



XV. 



15. Original.— j§*T ^" ?qpr J* 3*T <§* n^T 3JST SJESTg*?' 5^* ^* §fo| 



Transcription. — Khyim-bdag rigs-kyi bus chu-rkal-nas sans-rgyas drun-du phyin. 

 Translation. — The householder Kulaputra comes near Buddha passing through 

 water. 



XVI. 



16. Original.— W <&I| 



Transcription. — Sil-tshal. 



Translation . — S'itavana. 



Explanation. — S'itavana was a forest in Rajagrha (near Patna) where there was a 

 dreadful cemetery. S'rona-koti, a rich man of Campa (near modern Bhagalpore), used to go 

 to this place to give himself up to the rudest penances. Finding that it did not bring him 

 the passionlessness he sought, he went to Buddha to take refuge in the Three Gems 

 (Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha). In a short time S'rona koti became an arliat, 1 



XVII. 



17. Original.— ^' */ Q*T g" OT|*r *W 8f$ ^J qs*T qq| 



Transcription. — S'a-ri-bus mu-stegs-gtul-nas dgra-btsom-thob. 



Translation. — Sariputra attains arhatship subdjing the Tirthikas. 



Explanation. — Sariputra was a Brahman, who lived at Nalanda near Rajagrha. 

 He learnt all the sciences of the Brahmans, and excelled in them at an early age. While still 

 a disciple of Safijaya, he met with a Buddhist monk named Asvajit, who asked him the 

 explanation of a certain abstruse Buddhist doctrine. Failing to explain it, and finding the 

 doctrine to be very grand, he accepted Buddhism. Subduing all passions, he soon became 

 an arhat, and one of the two chief disciples of Buddha, called his right-hand disciple. 2 



XVIII. 



18. Original.— j[ *?§' ^C" SpTJSj' £}«f 3*T §8J **$$ ^W «I| 



Transcription. — Sa-ri-bu dan mgon-med zas-sbyin gnis phebs-pa. 

 Translation. — S'ariputra and Anathapindada both come to see Buddha. 



1 Vide Rockhill's Buddha, p. 72, 73. * Cf. Hardy's Manual of Buddhism, pp. 200-203, 2nd edition. 



