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 3Ut, 1873-3 BIOGRAI'UrES OF AoTACOSliA 111 HKKJRAFHIES OF ASVACOSHA, N &GARK 'XA. AltYAJJEWV. AHD VASUBANDffl TnHuhittd /rum Vauilief* nmk cm BuJMum, ey A/.W IT, Iw<i/1 ijiithtu (each of which is composed of-fcJ letters or ' I'nblea). H* tixvt qui kingdom*, aud learned all the secular sciences, such i. 4ronomy, geography, secret and magical po» Hum he 6a m i into frii !!■!■- hip '.-. it] Llmxi .- -. distinguished men, and, baring obtained power to rundjw Jiimsel fin visible, Uu giided with them into ray* I palaces, where bo began to disgrace the women. Their presence was J by the- print of their font -, the tliree companiona of inya went hewn to pieces, and bn himself wot* saved only by first making a vow toadoj arrived on the mountain*, at the ttmpit of Bud- dha, bo uttered hi« vows* aud in ninety days lie >i the tbroa'Pi/iiA-iM, iIk« dt-cpi.^1 meaning of which Impenetrated. Thuu he Wgan to search for toolbar &l*r*#, but be fuand Ibeni mrnhm; it was only on t ht! summit of the Snowy -Mouulaius that » very old Hhiksbu gave him TA* 5«7m a/ IfaMydntis the depth of lb* manning of which ho comprehended, without being able to discover .liMcxpIanatiousofit. All the opinions of is seemed to him worth- less; in his pride ho auppo*vd himself a founder of a now religion, and invuatud now vows and a new costume for his disciples. Than NAgnrsja I .Kin ir of the Dragons) concentrated himself in him, took I him to his pulncu at the bottom of the sea, and showed htm there seven deposits of precious objects, with the book* nnd other Sutras of a deep and my^ tical moaning; Nag&rjuna read thorn for ninutj crnewcuiive days, and than return**) to the with a qs woo at in Southern India a king who knew Tory I uf the true doctrine: Nagarjuna. wiahin attract all his attention, np peered before him for seven rears with a red Hag, and when king, in co--. urolon^ed conversation him, asked him. at a proof of m* universal knowledge, to toll him what wa^ heaven, Nagfirjana declared that there ws* war between the Asnras and the Deras, an> i confirm Ma words there tell fmm heaven an arm nnd Nimo mutilated limbs of the Asnras. A k v ago k h »■ (in Chinese Ma-mimr, ' voire of the horse") was a cUVcipIo of this vonerabln Fsrsvt*. Parava, on arriving in Central India from the North* InarncH that tho clergy of that distrint dared not gtrikf too (Junta, f a privilege, oiv L ItnOW, ■•■.■Lieh Wl been granted >o I Ue (%'ligi'omf which prcrailnd or whitth had ned preponderance. The oaiinc of this humi- liation was A & v u # o t b a, who, belonging kol ba most lean ut L TiiLbikuu, ba4 demanded tl Buddlusta should ant ba permitted to strike I be n* sn tangae they bad not refuted him. Blakn Ovdenod it Ut be struck ; he entered into discussion with A s v ag o 8 h a ., and lii-s-t asked him. thim simple question . — * What is to bo do- sired in order thai the nnivurso may enjoy pence, the sovereign long life, tha countries abundance, and that people may no longer have to submit to miseries P" A turn so unexpected, to which it was necessary to reply, according to the laws of discussion, confounded Aivagusba, and after the meeting be became a disciple of 1 "intra, who counselled him to teach Buddhism, ami Hum returned to he (owil, Airragoshn r«* muinod in Central India, and made himself cele- brated by bis superior talents. It happened that the king of Little IV-rAyt', in NorlhiTii I tdha.uiid demanded the cups of Buddha and Asvagosba to be given up to him. The nobles grumbled opiiiiiut the king becanse he hod act uuieh too Iiigu a value on tho latter j in order to eunvincu them of their merit, the king took seven horses, and after having starved them for sir days, he led them to the place in which Asvagosba was teaching, and ordered fodder to be givn na, but when the hones heard thm preadicr tboy shed tears, ami would not eat, A«vagosba became d<.il because tho liorses bad nnderstood his voice, and heca*iso ©r this ho received the name of A a r a g o » h a (voice of a horse). '2, Nngflrjttga was born to Southern India, Ho was descended from a Br family; ha was naturally endowed with emi- nent qualities ; end whibrt ytit a child be taught. ur Vudas, each of which contained 4 • Tim hMipn|4iMw of ths ftn* thr» weru tnq«!at«! isto Chituwi' uatltv line dytirtj .tf Y»o-Luit«, «.ti, 3S4-II7, tj Kmn»wj» fKexaAnmkr)| «ikd thn i»«t, datof Ymmu- '■fidhu. sppouft] mtnitt the Ciuno Ujumi; (la. W-ie*), ttjr t ha eckbrtl «aJ Cluror Li Prn» thorn M . V4KUM drti tw UWfoUowittt bLKiIsm] (i-if « (|>p- 210 2££ oi likt FhiMim ed.f. t A iort of liK-li for cmllins lo rriitfuta tawoMS.
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