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Rh, 381; books were written, 382; the Chinese were also taught how to study their own language, 383; astronomy and other sciences taught, 383; the foreign missionaries were not all from India, 384; different dialects, Indian and Chinese, 385; Indian words introduced at different periods, 385; words relating to the Buddhist religion: the objects of worship and reverence—Buddhas, P'usas, Disciples and Patriarchs, 387; Indian gods, Brahmā and Indra, 394; Yama and Māra, 395; other supernatural beings, Rakshas, Yakshas, Gandharvas, Asurs, 396; Chaṇḍi, 399; Buddhist heavens and hells, 400; names for professed Buddhists and lay members, 401; Brahmans, 406; terms relating to sacred buildings, 407; monks' robes and bowl, 412; alms and alms givers, 413; cremation, 415; Nirvāṇa, 416; relics, 417; technical terms such as Prajnā-Pāramita, Bodhi, 418; Yü-lan-hui, 421; Nan-wu, 422; T'o-lo-ni, 423; Buddhist sacred books and the material and way of chanting, 424; grammatical geographical terms and names of places, 425; names of numbers and measures, 430; names of minerals and precious stones, 432; names for trees, flowers and vegetable medicines and other products, 435; names of animals, 442.

New Chinese terms added by translation from the Sanskrit, p. 445; mode of proceeding adopted by early translators, 445; names of Buddhas and P'usas, Sākyamuni, Jan-têng, Kuan-yin, 446; Kei-ku-tu, 449; Lun-wang and Fa-lun, 449; Buddhist clergy, 450; geographical and topographical names, 450; objects associated with Buddhist monks, 452; San-tsang, 453; Chin-kang, 454; San-shêng, 454; other technical terms as Tao-pi-an, Mie-tu, 456; new expressions which are not translations, 458; Ch'u-chia and similar terms, 458; transmit robe and bowl, 460; transmit lamp, 450; sitting cross-legged, 461; wood-fish, 461; Name for