The incident related is "a Jataka story." (4) It occurs at once to the translator to render the characters {.} {.} by "changed himself to." Such is often their meaning in the sequel, but their use in chapter xxiv may be considered as a crucial test of the meaning which I have given them here.
(5) That is, had become Buddha, or completed his course {.} {.}.
(6) This seems to be the contribution of {.} (or {.}), to the force of the binomial {.} {.}, which is continually occurring..