 Four or five li east from the vihara there was reared a great pile of firewood, which might be more than thirty cubits square, and the same in height. Near the top were laid sandal, aloe, and other kinds of fragrant wood. On the four sides of the pile...  A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms - Page 91by Faxian - 1886 - 123 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Marinus Willem de Visser - Art, Chinese - 1923 - 266 pages
...after the fashion of an Arhat, as the regular rules prescribed. Four or five li east from the vihara there was reared a great pile of fire-wood, which...like silk, they wrapped (the body) round and round. They made a large carriage-frame, in form like our funeral car, but without the dragons and fishes.... | |
 | James Legge, Faxian - Religion - 2005 - 193 pages
...the bhikshu," &c. I prefer the other way of construing, however. Four or five Ic cast from the vihara there was reared a great pile of firewood, which might...like silk, they wrapped (the body) round and round *. They made a large carriage-frame, in form like our funeral car, but without the dragons and fishes2.... | |
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