454 NOTICE OF 



" I adore Kanaka Muni, the sage and legislator, exempt from the blinds 

 ness of worldly delusion, who was born in the city Sobhanavaii, of a race of 

 Brahmans honoured by kings. His resplendent person existed thirty thousand 

 years. The degree of Buddha was obtained by him, munificent as the moun- 

 tain of gems, at the foot of an Udumbara tree. 



*• I adore Kasyapa, the Lord of the world, the most excellent and eminent 

 sage, who was born at BenareSy in the family of Brahmans venerated by 

 princes, the life of his illustrious frame endured 20,000 years, and the waters 

 of the three worlds were dried up by the lamp of divine wisdom, which he 

 acquired at the foot of a Nyagrodha tree. 



" I adore Sakya Sinha, the Buddha, the kinsman of the Sun, worshipped 

 by men and gods, who was born at the splendid city of Kapilapur, of 

 the family of the chief of the Sakrja kings, the life of which best friend 

 to all the world lasted 100 years. Having speedily subdued desirCj, 

 unbounded wisdom was acquired by him at the foot of the Aswattha 

 tree. 



*' I adore the Lord Maitreya, the chief of Sages, residing at TushitapuTi 

 who will assume a mortal birth at Ketumati, in the family of a Brahman 

 honoured by the king, and who, endowed with immeasurable excellence, will 

 obtain the degree of Buddha, at the foot of a Ndga tree, his existence will 

 endure 8000 years. 



*' Having praised the seven Buddhas, supreme over all, and resplendent 

 as so many Suns, as well as the future eighth Buddha, Maitreya, dwelhng at 

 Tushitapur, may the merit of such praises be quickly productive of fruit, 

 so that having divided all corporal bonds I may speedily obtain the final 

 liberation of the holy Sages." 



