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tioned ; but, as 1 have had occasion to remark elsewhere, no such distinction 

 is made in the Pali version of the Amera CosJia, which is used by the Priests 

 of Ava and Ceylon. Gautama, and Sakya Sinha, and Aditya Bandhu, are 

 there given as synonimes of the son of Sudhodana. 



" Sudhodani-cha Gotama Sahyasiha^tattay Sakya Muni, ch'Jdichcha bandhu-cha** 



It may seem scarcely worth while to notice the mention made in these 

 verses of the acquisition of the state of a Buddhoy or of a condition exempt 

 from the infirmities of humanity, under particular trees : the meaning is, ac- 

 cording to the Translation, that the sages chose such spots for the perfor- 

 mance of their Ta'pas^ or course of religious austerities. The specification, 

 however, may be turned probably to some account. It is often exceedingly 

 difiicult to discriminate between Sauddha and Jain sculptures, and to decide 

 to which sect, images and architprtiiral remains belong— any characteristic 

 peculiarity will therefore be very acceptable to Indian antiquarians and travel- 

 lers, and a figure, in other respects, possessing the usual features, the spiral 

 locks, thick lips, and large ears of a Jina, or a Buddha, engaged in devotion, 

 under the shade of a tree, may generally, perhaps, be ascribed with safety to 

 the latter. It is more common to find the Jain Pontiffs shaded by the ex- 

 panded hoods of the many-headed snake. 



The next work takes a wider range than the preceding, in its enumera- 

 tion of the objects of veneration in Nepal, and comprehends so many local 

 peculiarities, that a correct translation of it is impracticable any where out of 

 Nepal, except by a person familiar with the country and the system. The 

 translation originally made was, therefore, referred to Mr. Hodgson, to whose 

 revision and explanatory remarks, it is indebted for any pretension to accu- 

 racy — The notes appended to the translation, are almost wholly derived from 

 communication with him on the subject of the text. 



