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" After (he had proceeded) fifteen paces, 500 green birds came flying towards him, went round him thrice, and disappeared. The Bodhisattva went forward to the patra tree, placed the kus"a grass at the foot of it, and sat down with his face to the east.... "
The Travels of Fa-hsien (399-414 A.D.): Or Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms - Page 54
by Faxian - 1923 - 96 pages
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A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms

Faxian - Asia - 1886 - 246 pages
...they did so. As they thus went away, the Bodhisattva arose and walked (after them). At a distance of thirty paces from the tree, a deva gave him the grass of lucky omen 2, which he received and went on. After (he had proceeded) fifteen paces, 500 green birds...
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A History of Chinese Literature

Herbert Allen Giles - Chinese literature - 1901 - 474 pages
...words, they proceeded to lead the way with singing in order to conduct him thither. The Bodhisatva got up and followed, and when thirty paces from the tree a god gave him the kus'a grass. Having accepted this, he went on fifteen paces farther, when five hundred...
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