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When this proclamation is overthe king exhibitsso as to line both
sides of the roadthe five hundred different bodily forms in which the
Bodhisattva has in the course of his history appeared:--here as Sudana[14]
there as Sama;[15] now as the king of elephants;[16] and then as a stag or
a horse.[16] All these figures are brightly coloured and grandly executed
looking as if they were alive. After this the tooth of Buddha is brought
forthand is carried along in the middle of the road. Everywhere on the
way offerings are presented to itand thus it arrives at the hall of Buddha
in the Abhayagiri-vihara. There monks and laics are collected in crowds.
They burn incenselight lampsand perform all the prescribed services
day and night without ceasingtill ninety days have been completedwhen
(the tooth) is returned to the vihara within the city. On fast-days the door
of that vihara is openedand the forms of ceremonial reverence are
observed according to the rules.
Forty le to the east of the Abhayagiri-vihara there is a hillwith a
vihara on itcalled the Chaitya[17] where there may be 2000 monks.
Among them there is a Sramana of great virtuenamed Dharma-gupta[18]
honoured and looked up
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