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come to our king, who weareth the garland of fragrant root 

 (a), inasmuch as the kings are charged with the protection 

 of those who dwell in the world." The faultless one, there- 

 upon, went along with the messengers, who bore the radiant 

 javelins. 



Surrounded by his army sat the beautiful-shouldered 

 king with the Buddhist hierarch, who, having studied the 

 three ancient Pitakas (b) 9 had freed himself from the four 

 evils (c), acquired the five good qualities (d), and endowed 

 himself with the power of restraining the six hurtful pro- 

 pensities (e) 9 and the five organs of sense (f), and taught 

 that the annihilation of the Kandhas (g) 9 was the ultimate 

 beatitude. 



With a shred of white cloth around his loins, and bearing 

 in his hand a wallet and a long staff mounted with tinkling 



'a) The root of the Andropogon muricatum. 

 b) Pitakas (^i-©^), the Buddhistical scriptures, which are 

 divided into three sections, called the Weenya Pitaka, Sutra 

 Pitaka, and Abhid'harma Pitaka. They contain the doctrines 

 of Buddha as orally delivered by him, and afterwards reduced 

 to writing by his disciples. 



(V) The four evils (sow® ©-p^): this must probably be a 

 mistake, for in the Sadur Agaradi only three are mentioned, 

 viz: 1 («iruia>) Lust, 2 (£>a/@afl) Wrath, and 3 <j>tu&<5it> Infatuation. 

 In the^Nigandu Sulamani Buddha is called 

 he who is exempt from the three evils. 



(d) The five good qualities (u^&9eou>) consist in abstaining from 



Q*a%&. ... .slaughter. 



ssira- ..... theft. 



QutiLi ... . . lying. 



«^LOLo illicit intercourse between the sexes, and 



. drinking intoxicating liquors. 



(e) The six hurtful propensities {3.®$$* ssuos>&) are: 



1 «irusus Lust. 



2 <&Qnnpu>. . . .Hatred, 



3 £>« iru u> ... . Avarice, 



4 Gld<t&u> . .... .sensuality, 



5 u)&u> Pride, 



6 r^ffiiuui . . . .Envy. 



(/) The five organs of sense ^u^Oea^fiium) are: 



£Lp«@ the nose, and 



<sn^ ....... the ear. 



Ql&uj the body 



ejniu the mouth 



«6ot the eye. 



Q7) The five Kandhas (u^^is^ld) : 1 s-e^a/us organized body, 

 2 Oa/jS&OT sensation, 3 <®*?ul] discrimination (including all the rea- 

 soning faculties) ; 4 u*a/%»r perception and 5 aS^ ^atmu* conscious- 

 ness. 



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