Note 3 — Chapter XXIII · RAMA, AND ITS TOPE.
James Legge translation
(3) The bones of the human body are supposed to consist of 84,000 atoms, and hence the legend of Asoka’s wish to build 84,000 topes, one over each atom of Sâkyamuni’s skeleton.
James Legge translation
(3) The bones of the human body are supposed to consist of 84,000 atoms, and hence the legend of Asoka’s wish to build 84,000 topes, one over each atom of Sâkyamuni’s skeleton.