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Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms

CHAPTER XVI
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27d 30s N., lon.

77d 43s E.
(Hunter); the birthplace of Krishna, whose emblem is the peacock.
(2) This must be the Jumna, or Yamuna.

Why it is called, as here, the P'oo-na has yet to be explained.
(3) In Pali, Majjhima-desa, "the Middle Country." See Davids' "Buddhist Birth Stories," page 61, note.
(4) Eitel (pp.

145, 6) says, "The name Chandalas is explained by 'butchers,' 'wicked men,' and those who carry 'the awful flag,' to warn off their betters;--the lowest and most despised caste of India, members of which, however, when converted, were admitted even into the ranks of the priesthood." (5) "Cowries;" {.} {.}, not "shells and ivory," as one might suppose; but cowries alone, the second term entering into the name from the marks inside the edge of the shell, resembling "the teeth of fishes." (6) See chapter xii, note 3, Buddha's pari-nirvana is equivalent to Buddha's death.
(7) See chapter xiii, note 6.

The order of the characters is different here, but with the same meaning.
(8) See the preparation of such a deed of grant in a special case, as related in chapter xxxix.


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