Chapter XXIX · GṚIDHRA-KÛṬA HILL, AND LEGENDS. FÂ-HIEN PASSES A NIGHT ON IT. HIS REFLECTIONS.
James Legge translation
[Chinese]
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · See chap. xxviii note 1.Note 2 · See chap. xxv note 9. Piśuna is a name given to Mâra, and signifies ‘sinful lust.’Note 3 · See M. B., p. 320. Hardy says that Devadatta’s attempt was ‘by the help of a machine;’ but the oldest account in the Sacred Books of the EasNote 4 · And, as described by Hsüan-chwang, fourteen or fifteen cubits high, and thirty paces round.Note 5 · See Mr. Bunyiu Nanjio’s ‘Catalogue of the Chinese Translation of the Buddhist tripiṭaka,’ Sûtra Piṭaka, Nos. 399, 446. It was the former of Note 6 · In a note (p. lx) to his revised version of our author, Mr. Beal says, ‘There is a full account of this perilous visit of Fâ-hien, and how hNote 7 · Entering the valley, and keeping along the mountains on the south-east, after ascending fifteen le, (the travellers) came to mount Gṛidhra-kNote 8 · In front of the cavern there are the places where the four Buddhas sat. There are caverns also of the Arhats, one where each sat and meditatNote 9 · The hall where Buddha preached his Law has been destroyed, and only the foundations of the brick walls remain. On this hill the peak is beau