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Swarna, and not of Chandragupta. Thus : 



GODARA 



S WARN A 



JANAKA 



Brother 



Sachinara. 



Asoka. 



Again, the Raja Tarangani records the accession of Jalaw- 

 ka, a son of Asoka, upon the demise cf that Kashmiran 

 Prince. All those who are conversant with Sinhalese and 

 Hindu history, know, however, that this was not the case. 



Although I differ from Mr. Tumour upon these and other 

 points, to which I have adverted in the course of my ob- 

 servations, I freely confess, that a careful consideration of 

 all the surrounding circumstances leads me to the same con- 

 clusion at which that eminent scholar has arrived, viz., that 

 Ndgarjuna of the Hindus, and Nagdsena of the Ceglonese, 

 was one and the same identical person. I shall therefore 

 proceed to consider 



Fourthly. — The resemblance between the two names, which 

 is very striking. The r in Ndgarjuna is clearly a creature of 

 the Sanscrit, and it is dropped in the Pali and Sinhalese. 

 The interchange of j and s is well known. Edja is expressed 

 rasa in Tamil ; Jambudwlpa is expressed Zambuduvipa in the 

 Analysis of Tibetan works, by Ksoma de Korosi, and so on. 

 The interchange of vowels, especially u into e is frequent. 

 Thus the resemblance in the two names furnishing a strong 

 presumption in favour of the identity of this Kashmiran and 

 Buddhistical personage, I proceed to a consideration 



Fifthly. — That the title of Bhumeshtvara, may be applied 

 to an Ascetic. Bhumeshivaro and Bodhisatrvo are two of the 

 appellations given to Nagarjuna. The former is usually 

 applied to statesmen, and the latter to celebrated and eminent 



