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P. 181. Kasyapa, in his argument respecting the interval between giving up the body and assuming another, refers per- haps to the " period of dissolution." Banerjea, Hindu Pkilos., 210. P. 187. For an explanation of Samata and Vipasana, vide Wassilief, pp. 141 and 320, n. P. 291. "Blue-lotus-shaped eyes of Tathagata." Compare the epithet of Vishnu, "Pundarikaksha." Vishnu Purana, p. 2, n. 2. P. 384. In what I have stated respecting 'the meaning of " Sarmanta mukha," I do not doubt that this, in the first in- stance, was the original of the Chinese " pou-men"; but what I suggest is, that this title was otherwise translated the "universal voice," and so rendered by the Chinese " Kwan-shai-yin." GENERAL INDEX. Abhasvara Heaven, 82, 109, 112 Abhayagiri, 3S6, 387 Abhayamdada, a name of Kwan-yin, 386 Abhidharma, 35, 36, 105 Abliidharma-prakarana-sasana Sha- ster, 113 Absolute Being, 276 Agama Sutra, 104 Ait-avana, the elephant of Sakra, 54 Alaya vijnyana, hidden knowledge, 125 Akanishta Heaven, 47, 82 Akchayamati, an interlocutor with Buddha, 389 Ambala, a tree king, 37 Ananda, first of the SrotA-pannas, 289, n. Amitabha Sfttra, 117, 371, 387 Anagamin, a condition of sanctity, 191 Anavatapta-Naga-rajah, 48 Anger, a hindrance, 260 Anitya Rules, 214 Aparavitchi, 59 Apsarasas, heavenly nymphs, 79 Arupa-loka, 104 Arya dova, 140, 371 Asvakai-na, a cii'cular range of rocks, 45 Asamkheya, a vast number, 122 Asaiigha, brother of Vasubandu, and founder of the later mystical school, 140 Asoka, 139 Asita, a Eishi, 131, 337 Asvajit, 135 Asuras, country of, 50, 266 Asuras, kings of, 50, 51 Asuras, war with Devas, 52 Atapa, name of a Heaven, 82 Atman (the universal essence), 124 Avatamsaka Sutra (Buddhavatam- saka-nama maha-vaipulya maha- yaua Sutra), 4, 30, 46, 109, 116 Avata ( Arbuda ), name of a Hell, 63 Avadanas, allegories or parables, 165, 166, etc. Avalokiteshwara, 282, 385 Avitchi, the lowest Hell, 44, 57, 59 Bala Deva, 51 Barlaam and Joasaph, allusion to, 5 Basita, a Brahmachari disputant with Gotama, 173 Beauty of Buddha's person, 290 Bhadra Kalpa, character of, 16 Bhavagra, the summit of the uni- verse, 16 Bhikshu, a mendicant priest, 208, 209 Bhavaviveka and the Asiira cavern, 140 Bimbasai-a Eajah, 258 Black-pebble Hell, 60 Bodhi mandala, 133, n. Bodhisatwas, names of, 287, 378 B6dhisatvapitakam, name of a Siitra, 101 Brahma-kayika Heaven, 82 Brahma purohita Heaven, 94 Buddhism, in what sense an athe- istic system, 152 Buddha-vachana, name for Scrip- tures in Nipal, 387 Bubbling-filth heU, 60 Chakravarti Eiijah, 22, n., 128 Chakra Mountains, the external girdle of rocks enclosing the world, 45 Chatur-maha-rajahs, 53 Chiliocosm, the Great, 101 Chi-kai, name of a Chinese priest, 151 Chi-kai's school, 245 Chi-kwan, name of a treatise by Chi-kai, 250 Chakra, a Eishi, 337 Chandalas, Pariahs, 339 428 GENERAL INDEX. Chunda, gift of, 137 Comparative lustre of Devas, 87 Dante, allusions to, 6, 60, n. Dharma, used for Prakriti, 12 ( Hodg- son's Essays, 58), 130 Djnana Prasthana Shaster, 16, 79,83 Dharma rajah, 18 Dii-ghagama Sutra, 36, 37, 80 Death, signs at the time of, 41 Dhyana Heavens, 91, 105 Deer Park at Sarnath, 134 Different works traditionally re- ferred to Buddha, 136 Dhammapada, a celebrated Sutra, 188 Dhuta Rules, 256, n. Dhyana, condition, 267, n. Dharmakaya, spiritual body, said to be the same as Adi Buddha (Csoma Korosi), 281 Dhai'ani, magic formulae, 389 Dritarashtra-Deva-rajahj 72 Earthquakes, causes of, 47 Ekasriiiga, name of a Eishi, 260 Ekottarikagama Sutra, 110 Facing the east, 6 Fa-kai, force of this expression (darmadhatu), 12, 13 Faith, 32, 375 Fo-in-kwong (name of a jewel), 46 Frontier Hells, 65 Food of the Devas, 88 Forty-two sections, Sutra of, 188 Fragrant Ocean, 121 Gandharvas, 72, 259 Garudas or golden winged birds, 50 Gathas, 156, 158, 241, 243, 262, 263 Hell, names of, 56, 63 Himavat, 21 Hi-shai Sutra, 35 Hu speech (Ouigour), 18 Jambudwtpa, 17, 21, 35 Issadui'a range of mountains, 45 Jeinmarajali ( Yama), (vJ, 65 Jambuka, name of a wind cii'cle, 101 Jotavana, the Academus of the Buddhists, 291 Jin-ch'au, name of Chinese author, 10, 13 Kalpa, a period of time, 1 05 Kalpas, various sorts, 105 Kalabingka, name of a bird, and a sort of jar, 332 Kala-Sutra, the name of a Hell, 58, 61 Kamavakya, a Pali work, 253, n. Kama loka, 88 Kanishka, a patron of Buddhism, 387 Kaou-tsung, third empei'or of the Tang dynasty, 2 Kapila, a Eishi, 337 Kapila, name of a place, 127 Karavika, a circular range of rocks, 45 Kaundinya, name of a disciple, 157 Kosha Shaster, 22 Kurudwipa, the northern continent, 23 Kumarajiva, a celebrated translator, 278 Kumbhandas, a sort of ogre, 72 Kusika, a name of Sakra, 79 Kwan-yin, same as Avalokiteshwara, 121, 383, 391 Kwan-yin, the Eescuer or Saviour, 388 Kwan-Lun Mountains, 20, 21 Lalita Vistara, 13 Lau-tan Sutra (pindadhana ?), 47, 110 Legend of Sakya, 130 Li-jun, name of a jewel, 46 Litchavis, 137 Liturgy of Kwan-yin, 396; simi- larity to Eastern Liturgies, 397, 401-409 Lotus of the Good Law, 3, 12, 99, 273 Maha-prajiia-paramita, size of, 2 Makara, a groat fish, 56 Maharaurava Hell, 61 Moon, palace of, ()8 Maha Brahma riijah, 93 Miira Eajah, 93 Malu'shwara, 9i Marks of decadence, 97 Madyauiiigama Sutra, 111 Maha Kalpa, 114, 115 Maya, uiother of Sakya, 131 Meditation, a religious exercise, 150 GENERAL INDEX. 429 Maha-pari-nirvana Sutra, allusions to, 160-180 Mieh-tsaiig Eules, 238 Manual of Shamans, 240 Malia-prajna-iDaramita-hridaya- Su- tra (otherwise called Bhagavati prajiia paramita hridaya), 279 Megasika, a writer, 285 Manjusri, a Bodhisatwa, 287, 323 Matangi, women of bad fame, 289 Maha-purusha lakshana, marks of a great mau, 290 "Master of the House," allegory of, 308, 315 Mysticism, 370 Mudra, a manual act in the recita- tion of secret words, 410 Mystical Pantheism, final accom- modation of the Buddhist system, 410, ss. Nan-ts'ang, southern collection of Sacred Books, 2 Nyaya-Anusara Shaster, 35, 36, 1 10 Nemindhara, range of mountains, 45 Naga-rajahs, land of, 48 ; names of, 417, ss Nagas, different sorts of, 48, 49; worship of, 415 Narakas, 57 Niravata (Nivarbuda), name of a Hell, 63 Narakas, emerging from, 65 Mrmanarati Heaven, 82 Names of Heavens, 95 Nirvana Sutra, 99 Nanda, gift of, 133 Nu-vana, idea of, 154, 172 Nissagiya-pachittiya rules, 215 Nirgranthas, heretics who covered themselves with ashes, 323 Nalanda, convent of, 371 Nagardjuna, a scholastic writer, 371 Peh-ts'ang, northern collection of Sacred Books, 2 Pratimoksha, 7, 189, 2C4 Prajiia, used for Prakriti or Matter, 15 Prabhapala Bodhisatwa, 18, 19 Pou-yao-king ( Lalita Vistara), 19, n. Pabbata-rajahs, 20, n., 107, n. Prasenajit Eajah, 40, 309 Passion-natvire, 43 Pratapana Hell, 62 Pretas, 66, 67 Pisatchas, 72 Paradise of the four Kings, 74 Paramitas, six, 119, n., 353 Places where Buddha taught, 135 Palasa flower, 137 Pari -nirvana, 138 Primitive Buddhism, a system of morals, 145 Purna, a Brahmachari, 182 Pilrajika Laws, 209 Pachittiya Rules, 221 Phatidesaniya Eules, 231 Prajna-paramita Sutras, 275, 278 Paramiti, a writer, 285 Purnamaitrayani Putra, 344 Potaloka (Potaraka), a possible cor- ruption of Bodhi and Aloka, 386 Pho-mnn (pou-men), a section of the Lotus of the Good Law, called Sarmantamukha, 389 Eeasonable medium, 24 Eishis or Genii, 29, 30, 31 Eain-asking Sutra (maha megha, n. m. y. Sutra), 49,416 Eaurava Hell, 59, 61 Eahat, supernatural power of, 191 Eeturn of good for evil, 193 Eeligion, practice of, 201, 203 Eestlessness, a hindrance, 264 Eahulabhadra, 371 Eupa-Loka, name of a series of Heavens, 84, 85 Sravaka, a heaven, 252 Sekkhiya Eules, 233 Saughadisesa Eules, 210 Sanchi or Santi Tope, 5 Swabhavika school of Buddhism, 11 Suddhavasa Devas, 1 6, 107 Sahalokadhatu, the great chilio- cosm, 16, 121 Saddharma-prakasa-sasana Sutra (mistake for Saddharma smiiiti- upasthana Sutra ; Julien, Con- cordance Sinico-Samslcrite, 694), 21 Sanscrit letters, 22, 23 Sugata, 29 Surafigama Sutra, defined in Chi- nese as the fixed (kin-ku) point of all things (Sansc. Dhruva) ; a Sutra of the Great Vehicle, 39, 284 Sume or Sumeru, 44 Sudarsana range of mountains, 45 Sagara rajah, a Naga-King, 46, 49 Sun-treasure-great-jewel, 46 430 GENERAL INDEX.