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roads meet and fixing an umbrella, banners and long narrow hanging pieces of stuff or 

 cloth, they show respect, reverence, honour and worship, Avith myrrh (or fragrant sub- 

 stances) garlands, incense, sweet scented powders, and musical sounds, and then they celebrate 

 a great festival. Citizens ! such things are performed at the funeral of an universal Monarch. 

 For Tatha-gata, the Arhan, the most accomplished Buddha, you must do yet more.' 



' Venerable Kun-gavo ! we will do accordingly as you have commanded ; but as it is not easy 

 to get soon together the things required ; in seven days hence, we will make every thing 

 ready, and then we will perform our funeral sacrifices with fragrant substances, garlands, 

 incense, sweet scented powders, and musical sounds, showing respect, reverence, honour and 

 worship to Chomdandas, who sleeps on the lion-throne (or lies on the stately funeral bed).' 

 'Do you, therefore,' said Kun-gavo, 'accordingly.' 



Then they went away, and in seven days prepared every thing. And on the seventh day, 

 having prepared also golden biers (or frames, &c.) bringing together all fragrant substances, gar- 

 lands and all sorts of musical instruments that were found within the space of 12 miles, from Kusha 

 to the Yig-ddn river ; from the grove of the pair of Sdl-irees to the Chaitya with a head ornament, 

 (ornamental pinnacle) they came out from the City, and proceeding to the grove of the pair of 

 Sdl-tvees, paid respect, reverence, honour and worship to him, who was sleeping on the lion-throne 

 with all sorts of fragrant substances, garlands, incense, sweet scented powders, and musical 

 sounds. 



Then the principal Champions of Kusha thus said to the Champions that crowded together 

 from all parts : ' Hear ye, intelligent citizens ! the wives and the maids of the Champions, 

 shall make canopies of cloth over the corpse of Chomdandas ; the wives and lads 

 of the Champions shall carry the bier of Chomdaxdas ; and we showing respect, rever- 

 ence, honour, and worship to him, with fragrant substances, garlands, incense, sweet scented 

 powders and music, so we shall enter at the western gate of the City, and after having perambu- 

 lated the whole space within, we shall go out by the eastern gate of the City ; and after having 

 passed over the Yig-ddn river, we shall stay by the Chaitya (called the Chaitya that has 

 a head ornament tied on by the Champions) and there we will burn the corpse.' 



The Champions answered them, and said : ' we will do accordingly.' The wives and the maids 

 of the Champions formed canopies of cloth for the corpse of Chomdandas ; but the wives and 

 lads of the Champions, wishing to lift up the bier of Chomdandas, could not take it up. Then 

 Magags-pa said to Kun-gavo : ' Life possessing Kun-gavo, the wives of the Champions of Kusha 

 could not lift up the bier of Chomdandas ; and why ?' ' Since such is the will of the gods.' ' Life 

 possessing Magags-pa! and what is the will of the gods ?' 'That the bier be carried by the 

 Champions and the young Champions of Kusha.' ' Life possessing Kun-gavo I it must, therefore, 

 be done accordingly as the gods will have it.' 



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