Chapter XXVI · REMARKABLE DEATH OF ÂNANDA.
James Legge translation
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Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · This spot does not appear to have been identified. It could not be far from Patna.Note 2 · Magadha was for some time the headquarters of Buddhism; the holy land, covered with vihâras; a fact perpetuated, as has been observed in a pNote 3 · In Singhalese, Ajasat. See the account of his conversion in M. B., pp. 321–326. He was the son of king Bimbisâra, who was one of the first rNote 4 · Eitel has a long article (pp. 114, 115) on the meaning of Samâdhi, which is one of the seven sections of wisdom (bodhyanga). Hardy defines iNote 5 · Four yojanas on from this place to the east brought the travellers to the confluence of the five rivers.1 When Ânanda was going from Magadha