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Notices of Books. 



[Oct. 



" From that period, to the present day, the people of Kasmira and 

 Gandhara have been fervently devoted to the three branches of the 

 faith, and (the land) has glittered with the yellow robes (of the priests). 



" The thero Mahadevo repairing to the Mahisamandala country, in 

 the midst of the population preached to them the " dewadutta" dis- 

 course (ofBuddho). Forty thousand persons became converts to the 

 faith of soverign supremacy ; and by him forty thousand (more) w r ere 

 ordained priests. 



" Thereafter, the thero Rakkhito, repairing to the Manawasa coun- 

 try, poising himself in the air, in the midst of the populace preached 

 the " anomatugga" discourse (of Buddho). Sixty thousand persons 

 attained the sanctification of the faith ; and by him thirty seven thou- 

 sand were ordained priests. The said thero constructed five hundred 

 wiharos in that land, and there he also established the religion of the 

 vanquisher. 



" The thero Yonako Dhammarakkhito repairing to the Aparantaka 

 country, in the midst of the populace preached the " aggikkhandopa- 

 man" discourse (ofBuddho). This (disciple), who thorougly understood 

 how to discriminate true from false doctrines, poured out to the seven- 

 ty thousand who had assembled before him the delicious (draught of 

 the) true faith. A thousand males and a still greater number of fe- 

 males, descendants exclusively of Khattiya families, impelled by their 

 religious ardour, entered into the priesthood. 



" The sanctified disciple Maha-Dhammarakkhito repairing to Maha- 

 ratta, there preached the " mahanaradakassapo jatako" (ofBuddho). 

 Eighty four thousand persons attained the sanctification of " magga," 

 and thirteen thousand were ordained priests by him. 



" The sanctified disciple Maharakkhito repairing to the Yona coun- 

 try, in the midst of the populace preached the " kalakarana" discourse 

 (of Buddho ). One hundred and seventy thousand living beings attain- 

 ed the sanctification of " magga" and ten thousand were ordained. 



" The sanctified disciple Majjhimo, with four other theros (Kassapo, 

 Malikadevo, Dhundadhinnosso and Sahasadevo), repairing to the land 

 of Himawanto, preached there the " dhammachakko" discourse (of 

 Buddho). Eighty koti of living beings attained the sanctification of 

 the " magga." These five theros separately converted the five divisi- 

 ons (of Himawanto). 



" In the fraternity of each of these theros, one hundred thousand 

 persons, impelled by the fervour of their devotion to the religion of the 

 omniscient supreme Buddho, entered into the order of the priesthood. 



" Accompanied by the thero Uttaro the disciple Sono repaired to 

 Sowanabhumi. 



" In those days, as soon as an infant was born, a marine monster 

 emerging from the ocean, devoured it and disappeared. At the parti- 



