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that the exhibition of the Ratnavyúha took place long after the birth of the *sage. It was to gratify the congregation that the exhibition was mado; but it did not form a part of the narrative of the occurrences at the timo of gestation. Thoshilition is in one respects the counterpart ot the inicrocosm exhibited by Krishma to Arjona in the Bhagavarlgitá. Its display, how the sap could command Brahmá to carry out his behosts.
7. Felicity of Parnu vyhl. p. 99. The Sanskrit words are Ratnaryúhrm budhisiutton-parihhoyan. Word !or word the sun is "jewel, collection, Dorihistítva, an: enjoyment." The Tibetan counterpart of the phrase has been rendere lay M. Tucant into 7 exercise précieux qui fut l'occuptruit le Budhirrtive, (12. 66). It is evident, however, that the worl Rubyhur, Las Men sed, not in its ordinary lexicographiral ruiny, ratus iccluical s to imply a hnuse, palace, tower or some other substantial structuro. It is subsequently described to be " quadrangular und quadrilatorul to lo surmounted by pavilions, to buy decorated with cloth, garlands, and unguents, to have one of its pavilions selecred with a precious kind of sandal-wood, and to be carrieri abou! mua huge car--descriptions which cam.ot be consistent with exerci!, or folicity, or enjoyment. I take it, therefore, to loca huu.r,it palac, or a toxud, in the senso of some structure fit for habitation. The Burmese version has nothing to say bout tbe phantasmagorial palace buil, by the Devas nor cf'tho Ratnayúba. It is content with saying that on the Bobisattva's entering bix nother's woul, “fuur chiefs of Náls, from the scat, of Tradoonarit, umed with words, kopt an uninterrupted watch round the palace, onvert any accident that might prove hurtfal to the mother or her lessed fruit. From 10,000 worlds, four Náis, from tho samo scat, rero actively engaged in driving away all Bilous (hobgoblins) and ther nonsters, and forcing thou to theo and hide themselvus at the xtremity of the earth." Bigandet, s. 32. Describing the mother, it tys, “Maia, free from every disordered propensity, spent her time with or handmaids in the interior of her apartments. Ter soul onjoyed, la perfect calm, the sweetest happiness ; fatiguo and wearinuss nuver ffected her unimpaired health.” Her womb is described to have reseinbled an elegant Dzedi." Bishop Bigandet explains the Ledi to be "& religious edifice of a conical form, supported on a
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