E.H., p.
92.
(5) The kusa grass, mentioned in a previous note.
(6) See the account of this contest with Mara in M.B., pp.

171-179, and "Buddhist Birth Stories," pp.

96-101.
(7) See chap.

xiii, note 7.
(8) Called also Maha, or the Great Muchilinda.

Eitel says: "A naga king, the tutelary deity of a lake near which Sakyamuni once sat for seven days absorbed in meditation, whilst the king guarded him." The account (p.