1892.] 
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L. A. Waddell —On the site of Buddha s death. 
ing Indian liemp, and they point to its green (confervoid) watery 
contents in proof of this. They also state that a snake inhabits the 
depths of the bowl; but it was certainly absent at the time of my 
visit. 
Advancing along the pathway, leading up-hill, we pass a few columnar 
masses of rock lying near the path, which are pointed to as fragments of 
Buddha’s staff*, with which he unearthed this monster bowl. 
Climbing up the hill we reach the temple of Kedaranath, which is 
approached by a very steep roughly paved causeway. At the entrance 
is a long inscription in granite in old Bengali characters, those being 
the characters adopted by the Asamese. Adjoining this temple is the 
shrine of Kamalesvar or 1 the Lord of the lotus.’ Here is a tank called 
by the Lamas ‘ Tsho mani bhadra ’ f or ‘ the lake of the notable 
gem ’ ; and they state that many waters-sprites ( Ncigds , serpents or 
dragons) came out of this pond on the approach of Buddha and presented 
him with jewels. A small cell by the side of this pond is said to be the 
place where Buddha set down a mass of butter which had been brought 
to him as a gift, and the stone linga and yoni (phallus and its counter¬ 
part), now shrined here by the Hindus, are pointed to as being their 
petrified butter. 
Crowning the summit of the hill is a large masjid built by Lutf- 
ullah, a native of Shiraz, in the reign of the emperor Shah Jahan, in 
1656 A. D. It contains the following Persian inscription :— 
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[X The text here is corrupt. Ed.] 
