[Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms by Fa-Hsien]@TWC D-Link bookRecord of Buddhistic Kingdoms CHAPTER XXVII 9/11
It was near Rajagriha, the earlier capital of Asoka, so that Fa-Hsien connects a legend of it with his account of Patna.
It abounded in caverns, and was famous as a resort of ascetics. (4) A Brahman by cast, but a Buddhist in faith. (5) So, by the help of Julien's "Methode," I transliterate the Chinese characters {.} {.} {.} {.}.
Beal gives Radhasvami, his Chinese text having a {.} between {.} and {.}.
I suppose the name was Radhasvami or Radhasami. (6) {.} {.}, the names of two kinds of schools, often occurring in the Li Ki and Mencius.
Why should there not have been schools in those monasteries in India as there were in China? Fa-Hsien himself grew up with other boys in a monastery, and no doubt had to "go to school." And the next sentence shows us there might be schools for more advanced students as well as for the Sramaneras. (7) See chap.
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