SOO-HO-TO.

LEGEND OF BUDDHA.
In that country also Buddhism( 1) is flourishing.

There is in it the place where Sakra,( 2) Ruler of Devas, in a former age,( 3) tried the Bodhisattva, by producing( 4) a hawk (in pursuit of a) dove, when (the Bodhisattva) cut off a piece of his own flesh, and (with it) ransomed the dove.

After Buddha had attained to perfect wisdom,( 5) and in travelling about with his disciples (arrived at this spot), he informed them that this was the place where he ransomed the dove with a piece of his own flesh.

In this way the people of the country became aware of the fact, and on the spot reared a tope, adorned with layers( 6) of gold and silver plates.
NOTES (1) Buddhism stands for the two Chinese characters {.} {.}, "the Law of Buddha," and to that rendering of the phrase, which is of frequent occurrence, I will in general adhere.