Chapter XXXVII · TO CHAMPÂ AND TÂMALIPTÎ. STAY AND LABOURS THERE FOR THREE YEARS. TAKES SHIP TO SINGHALA, OR CEYLON.
James Legge translation
[Chinese]
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Probably the modern Champanagur, three miles west of Baglipoor, lat. 25° 14′ N., lon. 56° 55′ E.Note 2 · Then the principal emporium for the trade with Ceylon and China; the modern Tam-look, lat. 22° 17′ N., lon. 88° 2′ E.; near the mouth of theNote 3 · Perhaps Ching (經) is used here for any portions of the Tripiṭaka which he had obtained.Note 4 · ‘The Kingdom of the Lion,’ Ceylon. Singhala was the name of a merchant adventurer from India, to whom the founding of the kingdom was ascribNote 5 · Called the maṇi pearl or bead. Maṇi is explained as meaning ‘free from stain,’ ‘bright and growing purer.’ It is a symbol of Buddha and of hNote 6 · Following the course of the Ganges, and descending eastwards for eighteen yojanas, he found on the southern bank the great kingdom of ChampâNote 7 · After this he embarked in a large merchant-vessel, and went floating over the sea to the south-west. It was the beginning of winter, and theNote 8 · The kingdom is on a large island, extending from east to west fifty yojanas, and from north to south thirty. Left and right from it there ar