Note 1 — Chapter XXXII · LEGEND OF KING ASOKA IN A FORMER BIRTH, AND HIS NARAKA.

(1) Here is an instance of {.} used, as was pointed out in chap. ix, note 3, for a former age; and not merely a former time. Perhaps “a former birth” is the best translation. The Corean reading of Kasyapa Buddha is certainly preferable to the Chinese “Sakya Buddha.”