Chapter XVIII · KANYÂKUBJA, OR CANOUGE. BUDDHA’S PREACHING.
James Legge translation
[Chinese]
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · We are now, probably, in 405.Note 2 · Canouge, the latitude and longitude of which have been given in a previous note. The Sanskrit name means ‘the city of humpbacked maidens;’ wNote 3 · Gaṅgâ, explained by ‘Blessed water,’ and ‘Come from heaven to earth.’Note 4 · This village (the Chinese editions read ‘forest’) has hardly been clearly identified.Note 5 · Fâ-hien stayed at the Dragon vihâra till after the summer retreat,1 and then, travelling to the south-east for seven yojanas, he arrived at Note 6 · Having crossed the Ganges, and gone south for three yojanas, (the travellers) arrived at a village named Â-le,4 containing places where Budd