NOTICES ON THE LIFE OF SHAKYA, 



This last is sometimes followed in Tibet. I bave not met with the two others. But I 

 think authors may be found to whom they may be referred. 

 jVofc 6.— The names of the four princes, &c. are : 



1. ViMBASARA or Shrenika, the son of Maha Padma King of Mfl^ad/i«, at 

 Rajagriha. 



2. Prasenajit, the son of Aranemi, King of Kosala, at Shravasti. 



3. Udayana Vadsa raja, the son of Shatanika, at Kaushambt. 



4. Pratyota, the son of Anantanemi, King of Ujayin* 



Note 7.— The divinity Lha of the Shakyas. It was an idol representing a divinity 

 of the Yaksha kind, ^ ^^'f^i and was kept in a Temple. The m do, kh, leaf 94, states that 

 the inanimate images of several gods, as of Gulang, Skemchet, Lusnam, D ava Nyima, 

 /?,nam-thos-bu, Indra, Brahma, Jigten Skyong, as soon as Bodhisatwa (Shakya) put 

 the sole of his right foot into the Temple, stood up and prostrated themselves at his feet. 

 Note 8.— GAUTAMf was of the Gautama tribe— an aunt, ^'^ of Shakya. 

 Note 9.-Hh precise age is not stated ; it is said only, that when he grew up he was sent 

 into the school to learn his letters. And that there was celebrated a great festival on that day, 

 thewholecitybeiugcleansed and decorated, &c. The teacher's name is thus expressed : ^V^Q' 

 ^z:('T;^:^3i'5jai'g'z:(^^V'^^^^, v. ches pi lopan kunche she-nyen, teacher of children, friend of all. 



The superior education of a courtezan in India, as in Greece, is marked by her being 

 versed in the Shastras.f P leaf the text is thus : 



" Who, like a harlot, is wise in under- 

 standing the rites of the Scriptures." 



Note 10.— It is stated in general terms that ShaKYA excelled all others in the letters and 

 mechanical arts. He had shown his skill in arithmetic, and his knowledge of several kinds 

 of letters. But it was especially in the athletic exercises that he surpassed all other youu 

 men of the Shakya race, at Capila — especially in archery, and in throwing the discus. 

 It is frequently mentioned, that, in all these exhibitions Devadatta was one of Shakya's 

 rivals, and that he looked on him with great indignation and hatred, on account of his superior 

 talents. But there is no mention made of any rivalship with respect to the damsels whom 

 Shakya had married. 



* The gods in Tushita, when seeking for a pure tribe for the birth-place of Sfiakya, and finding fault with 

 each enumerated tribe or family, objected against the Pandava race tliat they have brought great confusion into their 

 family descent, by calling Yudhisthira, Dhermaputra; Bhima, Vayaputra ; Arjuna, ladraputra; and Nakula and 

 Sahadeva , the Aswinis. 



f See the paper on the requisite qualities of the woman whom Shakya was willing to marry — printed in the 

 Journ. As. Soc. Vol. III. page 57. 



