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his " Manual of Buddhism," and which has enabled General 

 Cunningham to illustrate this particular legend so well ; but 

 it is fuller, more interesting, and of course more authentic 

 and authoritative, than the account taken at second hand 

 from the Sinhalese books. 



In speaking of the purchase of the Jetavana garden, the 

 expression " koti santharan santhardpesi" occurs in the 

 " Chula Vagga. " I referred to Samanta Pdsddikd, Buddha- 

 ghosa's Commentary on the " Vinaya Pitaka," to see if there 

 was any explanation of these words in that work, and to my 

 surprise I found the words explained in a different sense from 

 that in which Professor Childers, and, indeed, some very able 

 Pali scholars in Ceylon, had understood. The expression " koti 

 santharan santhardpesi " is thus explained by Buddhaghosa : 

 " kahdpana kotiyd kotim patpd detivd " (" laying the kahd- 

 panas the extremity of one touching the extremity of the 

 other"). 



I have also found in the Atthakathd the following 

 interesting passage : — 



Ye tattha rukkdwd pokkharamyo wd than parikkhepappa- 

 mdnan gahetwd afinasamin thane santhdritwd addsi. Eva- 

 massa atthdrasakdtiyan ekan nidhdnan parikkhayan aga- 

 masi. 



" Were there trees and tanks there (in the garden) ; he gave 

 the money measuring the space occupied by them, spreading 

 the same in another place. So, a hoard of wealth contain- 

 ing 18 koti (180,000,000) was expended (on the acquisition 

 of the property)." 



It is therefore clear that the expression " koti santharan^ 

 or " koti santhatan" must be rendered by " border of coin 

 touching the other," and not by " kdti of money," as supposed 

 by General Cunningham and Professor Childers. 



I have not had the opportunity of seeing photographs 

 of these inscriptions, but should the copy of this parti- 



