Essays Lectures on Religion of Hindu Vol 02

Author(s): H H Wilson
Publisher: Trubner and Company London

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son of Suddhodana), Gautama, Arkabandhu (the kinsman of the sun), Máyádevi Suta." Amara Kosha*. "The seventh Buddha is named Sakya Sinha-Arkabandhava, the parent of Rahula (Ráhulasú), Sarvárttha Siddha, Gotamánwaya (of the family of Gotama), Mayá Suta (the son of Maya), Suddhodana Suta (the son of Suddhodana), Devadattagraja (the elder brother of Devadatta)." Hemachandra**. On what authority BUCHANAN asserts that the Priests of Ava consider GAUTAMA and SÁKYA as distinct, and the latter as a heretic, he has not mentioned; but, as I have had occasion to remark elsewhere, no such distinction is made in the Pali version of the Amara Kosha, which is used by the Priests of Ava and Ceylon. GAUTAMA, and SÁKYA SINHA, and ADITYABANDHU, are there given as synonymes of the son of SUDDHODANA. "Suddhodani cha Gotamo Sakyasího tatha Sakyamuni ch' Ádichchabandhu cha" ***.
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It may seem scarcely worth while to notice the mention made in these verses of the acquisition of the state of a Buddha, or of a condition exempt from the infirmities of humanity, under particular trees: the meaning is, according to the Translation, that the sages chose such spots for the performance of their Tapas, or course of religious austerities. The specification, however, may be turned probably to some account. It is often exceedingly difficult to discriminate between Bauddha and Jain sculptures, and to
*** [śl. 4. 5.]
[I, 1, 1, 10.]
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[236. 237.]