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, a king of which is there described as trying to carry off the bowl from Purushapura.

(8) North of the Bosteng lake at the foot of the Thien-shan range (E. H., p. 56).

(9) See chap. xii, note 9. Instead of “Anna” the Chinese recensions have Vina; but Vina or Vinataka, and Ana for Sudarsana are names of one or other of the concentric circles of rocks surrounding mount Meru, the fabled home of the deva guardians of the bowl.

(10) That is, those whose Karma in the past should be rewarded by such conversion in the present.

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