betiveen Nagasena and Nagarjiuia. 



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founded especially, as they are — on " hypothetical reasoning," 

 lose much of the weight due to them, if they do not alto- 

 gether fall to the ground. 



I shall, however, postpone a consideration of them to an 

 early opportunity, contenting myself at present with a trans- 

 lation of the passage in question, which I append : — 



"It is said that they (Hushka, Jushka, Kanishka) of 

 Turuska descent, were princes, who we^e embued with the 

 virtue of merit,* and who afterwards founded Colleges, 

 chetiyas, &c, in tiushkalettra^ and other countries. During 

 the period of their extended reignsj the country of Cashmir 

 was greatly under the spiritual control of Budhistical ascetics, 

 preeminent for their rigid piety. Thereafter, when a century 

 ^one hundred years) and a half had elapsed in the essence of 

 this world, after the sanctified Sakya Sinha obtained 

 \Puranirwntte\ § final emancipation, there appeared in this 

 country a Bhodisatdmeka Bhumishwara) lord of many lands. 

 This distinguished personage, who was named Nagarjuna, 

 usually spent six-days (in the week) in the wilderness,"! 



* " Embued with the virtue of merit" means, that they betook themselves to 

 a course of religious austerities, by which sin was avoided, and attained a status 

 for acquiring merit. 



f Sushkalettra'di. I have translated Sushkalettra, &c. This is the form in 

 which the word occurs in the Nagari version. It may be either one name or two. 

 And this expression, rendered Shushkakshestradi by Professor Wilson, may also 

 stand for one or two names. It may either stand entirely as a name, or be 

 rendered the Valley (Kshettra) of Sushka, &c. 



X " Extended reigns," The word prajjiye rendered by me " extended," is 

 interpreted by Mr. Tumour to mean "entire," and it is omitted in the Transla- 

 tion of Professor Wilson. It is however, remarkable, that this word is ill-adapted 

 in its present position as an adjective to qualify Rajjyakshane. 



§ Puranirwritte. This is undoubtedly " Paranervitta" j and Professor Wilson's 

 alteration was as indispensable as correct. 



|| Shadahar nana sanshraye is rendered in Professor Wilson's extract, Skadar- 

 hatwa nasanshraye. See my remarks in the Text. 



