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been so late in acquainting me with such a perfect law ?” At the conclusion 
of the instruction, she attained the state of Thantapam. Thariputra replied : 
“ Now, woman, I have repaid you for all the labours you have bestowed on me 
in bearing, nursing, and educating me ; depart from me and leave me alone.” 
‘ Thariputra inquired from the devoted Tsanda whether the moment had 
come. Having been informed that is was daylight, he requested to be set 
up. By his order all the Bahans were called to his presence, and he said to 
them, “ During the last forty-four years you have ever been with me ; should 
I have offended any one during all that time I beg to be pardoned.” The 
Bahans answered him : — “ Great teacher, we have lived with you during the 
last forty years, and have been your inseparable attendants, following you 
everywhere, as the shadow follows the body. We have never experienced 
the least dissatisfaction from your part, but we have to request your for- 
bearance and pardon for ourselves.” 
‘ It was on the evening of the full moon Satsaongmon (November) that 
Thariputra went to his mother’s place, and laid in the room wherein he had 
been born. During the night he was attacked with the most distressing 
distemper. In the morning at daylight, ho was habited with his tsiwaran 
and made to lie on his right side. He entered into a sort of ecstacy, passed 
successively from the first state of Dzan to the second, third, and fourth, and 
thence dived into the bottomless state of Niban, which is the complete 
exemption from the influence of passion and matter.’ 
After the death of Buddha, his relics were brought to Bajgir and 1 juried 
there by the reigning prince. The following account of then 1 reception at 
the capital of Magadha is given in Bishop Bigandet’s translation of the Bur- 
mese life of Buddha.* 1 King Adzatathat ordered a beautiful and well levelled 
road, eight oothabas broad, to bo made from the city of Kuthinaran to that 
of Badzagio. The distance is twenty-five youdzanas. He wished to adorn 
it, in all its length, in the same manner as the Malla princes had done for 
the road leading from the place that had been decorated with all sorts of 
ornaments, to that where the relics had been deposited. At fixed and pro- 
per distances, houses were built for resting and spending the night. The 
king attended by a countless crowd of people, went to take the relics and 
carry them into his country. During the journey, singing, dancing, and 
playing of musical instruments went on uninterrupted. Offerings of perfumes 
and flowers were incessantly made by the people. At certain intervals, they 
stopped during seven days, when fresh honors were paid to the relics, in the 
midst of the greatest rejoicings. In this manner, seven months, and seven 
days were employed in going over the distance between the two countries. 
At Badzagio, the relics were deposited in a place prepared for that purpose, 
and a dzedi was erected on them. The seven other kings built also dzedis 
* P. 212-14. 
