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ever great, which it does not overcome, and that force of will does not fail to accomplish whatever service it undertakes. Does not the accomplishing of such service arise from forgetting (and disregarding) what is (generally) considered as important, and attaching importance to what is (generally) forgotten?'

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Bodhisattva, 19. Legends of Buddha,
when Bodhisattva, 30, 31, 32, 38, 73,
74, 105. Maitreya Bodhisattva, 25.
Books of Discipline, the. See Vinaya.
Brahma (king), the first person of the
Brahmanical Trimurti, 49, 89.

Brahmans, 47, 55, 60, 61. The Brah-
man Râdha-sâmi, 78.

Buddha, incarnation of the, 65; inci-

dents of his early life, 65, 66; where
he renounced the world, 70; where
he died, 70; where he endured austeri-
ties, 87; legends of that time, 87, 88.
His attainment of the Buddhaship,
89; first labours afterwards, 89. In
Ceylon, 101; his wonderful stride and
footprint, 102. Buddha's preaching,
54, 66.

Buddhism, Fâ-hien's name for, 30.
Buddhists, different estimates of the
number of, 5-8.

Central India, or the Middle Kingdom,
28. Condition and customs of, 42,

43.

Chakravartti king, 49, 90.

Champâ, 100. Topes and monasteries
in, 100.

Chanchamana, 60.

Chandaka, 70.
Chandâlas, 43.

Ch'ang-gan, 9, 10, 115.
Chang K'een, 27.
Chang-yih, 11.

Charcoal tope, the, 70.

Che-yen (pilgrim), 11, 15.

China, or the land of Han, 13, 24, 58,

100, 109, 113.

Council in Śrataparṇa cavern, 85; of
Vaisâli, 75.

Dakshina, 96-98.

Dâna and dânapati, 11, 52.
Danta-kâshtha, legend of Buddha's, 54,
55.

Desert of Gobi, 12.

Deva, or Brahmanic god, 19, 50, 79.
Devadatta, 60, 86; followers of, 62.
Devâlaya, 'The Shadow Covered,' 60, 61.
Devaloka, 25.

Dharma, the Law, one of the constituents

of Buddhism, 28 et al.
Dharma-gupta, 106, 107.
Dîpânkara Buddha, 38.

Discourse or sermon of a devotee in
Ceylon, 110.

Dragons or nâgas, 29, 67, 101; the

dragon of the Râma tope, 69; the
white-eared dragon, 52; Elâpattra, 96.

E-he (period), 116.

Endowments of the monkish communi-

ties, and offerings to them, 22, 23, 43,
44, 108, 109.

Fâ-hien. His surname, and notices of
his early life, 1, 2; lived to the age of
eighty-eight, 2, 3. Genuineness of
his narrative, 3, 4. Different recen-
sions of it, and especially the Corean
text appended to this volume, 4.
Stages of his travels:-Ch'ang-gan,
10; Lung, 10; kingdom of K'een-
kwei, 10; that of Now-t'an, 10;
Chang-yih, 11; T'un-hwang, 11;
II; II;

desert of Gobi, 12; Shen-shen, 12;
Woo-e, 14; Yu-teen, 16; Tsze-hoh,
21; Yu-hwuy, 21; K'eeh-ch'â, 22;
T'o-leih, 24; crosses the Indus, 26;
Woo-chang, or Udyâna, 28; Soo-ho-
to, or Swastene, 29; Gandhâra, 31;
Takshaśilâ, 32; Purushapura, or
Peshâwur, 33; He-lo, or Hidda, in
Nagâra, 36; Nagâra, 38-40; Little
Snowy mountains, 40; Lo-e, 41;
Poh-nâ, 41; recrosses the Indus, 41;
Pe-t'oo, or Bhida, 41; Mathurâ, or
Muttra, 42; Sankâśya, 47; Kanyâ-
kubja, or Canouge, 53; Â-le, 54;
Shâ-che, 54; Śrâvastî in Kośala, 55;
Too-wei, 63; Na-pei-keâ, 64; Ka-
pilavastu, 64; Râma, 68; Kuśanagara,
70; Vaisâlî, 72; confluence of the
five rivers, 75; Pâțaliputtra, or Patna,
77; Râjagriha, 80; Nâla, 81; New
Rajagriha, 81; Gridhra-kûṭa hill, 83;
Śrataparṇa cave, 85; Gayâ, 87;
mount Gurupada, 92; Vârâņasî, or
Benâres, 93; Kâśî, 94; Kauśâmbî,
96; Patna, 98; Champâ, 100;
Tâmaliptî, 100; Singhala, or Ceylon,
101; Java, 113; Shantung, in China,
114; the Capital, 115.

First image made of Buddha, 57.
Foo Kung-sun, 15.

Four great topes in North India, 32; in
Central India, 90.

Four places of regular occurrence in the
history of all Buddhas, 68.
Four spiritual truths, and four classes of
disciples, 57.

Gandhâra, 31, 33, 109.
Ganges, 54, 93, 100.
Gayâ, 87-90.

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Hwuy-keen (pilgrim), 11, 15.

Kâsî, 94.

Kasyapa brothers and their disciples, 89.
Kasyapa Buddha's entire skeleton, 93.
Kaundinya and his companions, 94, 95.
Kausâmbî, 96.

Keah-yin (year), 116.
K'eeh-ch'â, 18, 22.
K'een-kwei, 10.
Ke-hâe (year), 9.
Kharachar, 109.

Khoten, 16-20, 109.
King Prasenajit, 55.

King's New monastery, 19.
Kophene, 21.

Kośala, 55-

Kwang-chow, 114.

Hwuy-king (pilgrim), 9, 18, 22, 29, 36. Kwan-she-yin, 46, 112, 113.

Death of, 40, 41.

Hwuy-tah (pilgrim), 18, 29, 36.

Hwuy-wei (pilgrim), 10, 15.

Hwuy-ying (pilgrim), 10. Death of, 36.

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Le E (prefect), 115.

Le Hâo, 12.

Legends of Buddha in North India, 29,

30, 39; as Bodhisattva, 31.
danta-kâshtha, 54, 55.

Legends of Takshaśilâ, 32.

Of his

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Karanda Bamboo garden (Karanda Maitreya Bodhisattva, 25; statue of, 25,

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Mañjuśrî, 46, 79 (a Brahman).
Mâra, king, 74; Piśuna, 83; 88.
Mathurâ, or Muttra, 42.

hridaya-(śâstra), Sûtra of 2500 gâthas,
the Parinirvâṇa-vaipulya Sûtra, Mahâ-
sanghikah Abhidharma, 99.
Pe-t'oo, or Bhida, 41.

Monasteries, or Sanghârâmas, 17,28, et al. P'ing (king of Chow dynasty), 27.

Merchants (five hundred), 89.

Monastery (Gomati), 17.

Monastery of the Great Heap, 52.

Monastery (Pigeon), 96-98.

Monkish customs, 44-47.

Plain (Central and South India), 47.
Poh-nâ, 41.

Poonah, or Jumna river, 42.

Prasenajit. See King

Monkish food out of the ordinary hours, Pratyeka Buddhas, 40, 53, 74.

44.

Monks (4000 in Shen-shen), 13; (4000
in Woo-e), 15; (several myriads in
Khoten), 15. Influence of the, 42.
Quinquennial assembly of, 22, 23.
Mother of Buddha (Mahâ-mâyâ), 48,
56, 65.

Muchilinda (dragon), 89.

Nâgara, 29, 36.

Nâla, 81.

Nanda, 65.

Naraka, 90.

Ne-le city and pillar, 80.

New Râjagriha, 81.

Ninety-six sorts of erroneous views, 62.

Nirgrantha, the, 82.

Nirvâna, 14, 27, 33, et al.

Now-t'an, 10.

Onion mountains, 20, 21, 23, 24.

Pâo-yun (pilgrim), 11, 15, 36.

Procession of images at Khoten, 16-19;
at Patna, 79; in Ceylon, 106, 107.
Purushapura, or Peshâwur, 33.
Quinquennial assembly of monks, 22.
Râhula, 46.

Râjagriha (new and old) legends and
incidents, 80-86.

Râma and its tope, 68, 69.

Relics of Buddha :-spittoon, 23; alms-
bowl, 23, 34, 35, 89, 109; tooth, 23,
105, 107; skull-bone, 36, 37; pewter
staff, 39; Sanghâli, or Sanghâți, 39;
hair and nails, 39 et al.; shadow, 39, 88.
Retreat (the summer), 10, 11, 22, 29,
113, 117, et al.

Śakra, 30, 34, 49, 50, 60, 80, 81.
Sâma, 106.

Samâdhi, 76.

Sanghâli. See Relics.

Săng-king (pilgrim), II, 36.

Pâramitâs, the, 46; Prajña-pâramitô, 46. | Săng-shâo (pilgrim), II, 21.

Pari-nirvâņa, 33, 57, 73.
Park of The rishi's Deer-wild,' 94.
Pâtaliputtra, or Patna,77; monasteries of,
78, 79; hospitals and dispensaries of,
79, 97-99. Manuscripts copied there,
98-99; the Mahâsânghika rules, Sar-
vâstivâdâḥ rules, Samyuktâbhidharma-

Sankâśya, 47.

Sâriputtra, 44, 81, 82.

Shâ-che, 54.

Shadow of Buddha. See Relics.
Shay-e, 63.

Shen-shen, 12.

Shikshâpada, or ten commandments, 46.

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