It was here that Sakyamuni lived for seven years, after quitting his family, until he attained to Buddhaship.

The place is still frequented by pilgrims.

E.H., p.

41.
(2) This is told so as to make us think that he was in danger of being drowned; but this does not appear in the only other account of the incident I have met with,--in "The Life of the Buddha," p.31.

And he was not yet Buddha, though he is here called so; unless indeed the narrative is confused, and the incidents do not follow in the order of time.
(3) An incident similar to this is told, with many additions, in Hardy's M.B., pp.