BAUDDHA TRACTS FROM NEPAL» 453 



TRANSLATION. 



SAPTA BUDDHA STOTRA. 



" I adore Jinendray the consuming fire of sorrow, the treasure of holy 

 knowledge, whom all revere, who bore the name Vipaswi, who was born in 

 the race of mighty monarchs, in the city Bandumati^ who was for eighty 

 thousand years, the preceptor of gods and men, and by whom endowed with 

 the ten kinds of power, the degree of Jinendra was obtained at the foot of a 

 Pdtald tree. 



" I adore SiKHf, the mine of heavenly wisdom, the supreme sage who 

 crossed the boundaries of the world, who was born of a royal race in the 

 great city Aruna, whose life, adorned with every excellence, extended to the 

 term of 70,000 years, by whom, out of alFection for mankind, holy wisdom was 

 obtained at the foot of a Pundarika. 



*' I adore VfswABHi5, the friend of the universe, the king of virtue, who was 

 born in Amipamd, of a race of illustrious monarchs, whose life lasted 60,000 

 years, and who, having triumphed over earthly afflictions, obtained immor- 

 tality at the foot of a Sal treco 



" " I adore Krakuchchanda, the Lord of Munis, the unequalled Stigata, 

 the source of perfection, who was born in Kshemavati, of a family of 

 Brahmans, revered by kings, the life of that treasure of excellence was 

 40,000 years, and he obtained, at the foot of a Sirisha tree, the state 

 of Jinendra, with the weapons of knowledge that annihilate the three 

 worlds. 



