________________ 326 Homage to Vaisali he had sent them, saw himself in a dream, that night, burled into the hell called Lohakumbhi. The king was sorely terrified and, to calm his fears, bis sister, Nanda, the theri free from the asavas, came to him passing through the air. "An ill deed is this that thou hast done'! Reconcile thee with these venerable bhikhus, the true believers. Placing thyself on their side, protect thou their faith. If thou dost so, blessed art thou !' she said, and thereon vanished. And forwith in the morning the king set out to go to Vesali. He went to the Mabavana (monastery), assembled the congregation of the bhikkhus there, and when he bad heard what was said by both of the opposing) sides, and had decided, himself, for the true faith, when moreover this prince was reconciled with all the rightly believing bhikkhus and had declared that he was for the right belief, he said : 'Do what ye think well to further the doctrine,' and when he had promised to be their protector, he returned to his capital. Thereafter the brotherhood came together to decide upon those points; then, in the congregation of monks), aimless words were spent. Then the thera Revata, who went into the midst of the brotherhood, resolved to settle the matter by means of an ubbahika.1 He appointed four bhikkhus from the East, and four form Pava, for the ubbahika to set the dispute to rest. Sabbakami and Salha, one named Khujjasobhita, and Vasabhagamika, these were the theras from the East; Revata, Sanasambhuta, Yasa, the son of Kakandaka, and Sumana these were the four theras from Pava. Now to decide on those points the eight theras who were free from the asavas betook them to the quiet and solitary Valikarama. There, in the beautiful spot prepared for them by the young Ajita, the great theras took up their abode, they who knew the thoughts of the Greatest of Sages. And the great thera Revata, skilled in questioning, questioned the thera Sabbakami successively on each one of those points. Questioned by him the great thera Sabbakami thus gave judgment: "All these points are unlawful, according to tradition.' And when, in due order, they had ended (their task) in this place, they did all again, in like manner, with question and answer, in the presence of the brotherhood. And thus did the great theras refute the teaching of those ten thousand beretical bhikkhus who maintained the Ten Points.. 1. Ubbahikaya 'by means of a Referat', the settlement of a dispute being laid in the hands of certain chosen brethren,
