316 NOTICES ON THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SHAKYA, 



put on horseback, but he again fell down. Tlien he entrusted his troops to Yarchet, a Brahman 

 and chief officer, and dii'ected him to give his salutation to the Champions of Kusha, and to ask 

 of them a share of the relics of Chomdandas ; since he had been dear to him : and he would build 

 iat Rdjagriha a Chaitya for those relics and pay every kind of respect and worship to them, 

 and would establish a great festival for them. Yarchet did accordingly as he had been directed, 

 by the King : but the Champions of Kusha will give no share to him. They say : ' Yarchet ! 

 Chomdandas has been dear to us also from a long time ; he became our Lama ( Guru) and he 

 died in the vicinity of our City ; we will, therefore, give you no share of his relics.' Then Yar- 

 chet said to them : ' If you will give, well ; if not, we will take by force, by our troops.' They 

 said : ' we will do accordingly.' 



When the Champions of Kusha saw the great multitude of ti'oops that came to take away, by 

 force, the relics of Chomdandas, they exercised their Avives and children in shooting arrows. 

 And when their City was besieged by those seven different troops, they came out to fight with them. 

 But a Brahman, called Br'wo-iang Mnyam-pa, (or the Brahman with a drona in his hand ; — 

 a measure, the 20th part of a bushel) seeing the bad consequences of coming to blows, 

 endeavoured to persuade the Champions of AmsAq: to share with them the relics of Chomdan- 

 das' body ; since Chomdandas Gautama had been from a long time very patient, and had many 

 times praised the virtue of patience. And he told them that it was unbecoming that they should 

 kill or destroy each other s lives, on account of the relics of Chomdandas. He reconciled after- 

 wards both parties, and made them agree that the relics of Chomdandas should be divided into 

 eight parts. 



Leaf 651. He therefore divided them thus : 



1. One part to the Champions of JTzts/ia. 



2. The 2d part to the Champions of Dig-pdchen. 



3. The 3d part to Buluka of the royal or kshelriya tribe, residing in vTogs-pd-gyova. 



4. The 4th part to Krod'tya of the kshetriya tribe, residing in the City of Sgra-sgrogs. 



5. The 5th part to the Brahman residing in Khydb hjtig-gLing. 



6. The 6th part to the Shakya royal tribe, in Capila. 



7. The *7th to the Litsabyi royal tribe, in Yang-pd-chen (S. Vaishali or Praydga.') 



8. The 8th part to Yarchet, a Brahman of Magadha, the King's Envoy of that Country. 

 And they all built Chaityas in their respective countries, and shewed all kinds of respect, 



reverence, honour and worship to them ; and established each of them a great festival in honour 

 of those relics. 



The urn or vessel, in which the relics were first deposited in the Chaitya, was given afterwards 

 to that Brahman, who acted as Mediator between the different parties. He took with him the 

 vessel, and in his own City, called the City of Brivotdng Nydmpd, built a Chaitya^ and 



