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CONTENTS.

 

 

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INTRODUCTION

ix

 

 

BOOK I.

 

SECT.

 

 

1.

The Birth

1

2.

Living in the Palace

20

3.

Disgust at Sorrow

29

4.

Putting away Desire

38

5.

Leaving the City

47

 

 

BOOK II.

 

6.

The Return of Khandaka

59

7.

Entering the Place (Wood) of Austerities

70

8.

The General Grief of the Palace

81

9.

The Mission to seek the Prince

94

 

 

BOOK III.

 

10.

Bimbisâra Râga invites the Prince

111

11.

The Reply to Bimbisâra Râga

119

12.

Visit to Ârâda Udrarâma

131

13.

Defeats Mâra

147

14.

O-wei-san-pou-ti (Abhisambodhi)

166

15.

Turning the Law-wheel

168

 

 

BOOK IV.

 

16.

Bimbisâra Râga becomes a Disciple

180

17.

The Great Disciple becomes a Hermit

192

18.

Conversion of the 'Supporter of the Orphans and Destitute' (Anâthapindada)

201

19.

Interview between Father and Son

218

 

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20.

Receiving the Getavana Vihâra

230

21.

Escaping the Drunken Elephant and Devadatta

241

22.

The Lady Âmrâ (Âmrapâlî) sees Buddha

249

 

 

BOOK V.

 

23.

By Spiritual Power fixing his (Term of) Years

257

24.

The Differences of the Likkhavis

268

25.

Parinirvâna

277

26.

Mahâparinirvâna

290

27.

Praising Nirvâna

309

28.

Division of the Sarîras

325

 

 

NOTES.

 

I.

Comparative List of 17 Chapters of the Sanskrit and Chinese Copies of the Buddhakarita

340

II.

Example of the Style of the Expanded Sûtras, as translated into Chinese

344

III.

The same Title given to different Works

365

 

INDEX

373

 

Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East

377

 


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