A record of the Buddhist religion as practised in India and the Malay archipelago

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BUDDHIST PRACTICES IN INDIA
TAKAKUSU
Bonbon
HENRY FROWDE
Oxford University Press Warehouse
Amen Corner, E.C.
THE MACMILLAN CO., 66 FIFTH AVENUE
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r-TSnSTG'S ROUTETO INDIAAND BACK,WITH SOME GEOGRAPHICALNAMES MENTIONED IN HIS RECORD (A.D. 671-695).
A.D.670,I-tsingwasinSi-king,andmade
atoggreetehmere.ntwith a few friends I
a.i).671,hepassedthesum
lie departed from Kwang-fu theeleventh
monthofthesameyear.
heAfsttearyetdwesnitxymdoanytsh'ss,aille,ahreniwnagsSannsBkhroitg.a.vher
a.n.672tintheseventhmonthi,hestartedon
ahasdhibpecboymteheapkairngt'osfhSerlipbhfoor^aM,aalanydar,evac.h.edthere
(afterfifteendays);andstayedtwomonths.
liestartedagainforKata,andreachedthere
(afterfifteendays). Heremainedtillthetwelfth
monthinKa£a,whenhestartedforIndiaon
aking'sship. Aftertendays'sailtowardthe
northhecametotheLn-_j£nKuo,i.e.iheCountn
oithi Nak.J P.
sixtyyoganasrromNalanda.
moan.tdh.,67w3h.ehnehsetasyteadrtiendTfaomrraCleinpttrialtilIlndIiawith
acaravan. Hetookhiswayinawesterlydirec-
tion. Ataplace tendays'distance fromthe
Maliabodhi, hepassedagreatmountain and
bogs,andwasattackedbyrobbers. Afterthis
heturnedmirth;afewdaysafterwardshecan™
lorthefirsttimetotheNalandamonasteryiter
milesnorthofRagagnha),andmadeapilgrim
agetotheVulture-Peak,Buddhagaya,Vaiaal]
Kusinagara,Kapilavastu,Sravastl,theDeerPark
andtheCockMountain. Hestayedtenyears
intheNalandamona
A.D.685,thirteen yearsafter his arrival in
India,hewasstillinaplacesixyqganaswesl
ofNalanda.
Hecollected the Buddhist books,Tripi/aka
amountingto500,000slokas,andcamebackto
Tamralipti;onthewayheagainwas
byrobbers.
Probably,a.d.688.hewasonhiswayback:
passedKaAaandreturnedtoBhoga.
a.d.689,hewastakenbacktoKwang-tungbv
amerchant'sship,althoughnothimselfintending
saa1m.Iedn.t6h19e211,fiihheseiadsgaeanyitnhwIoenmtetohisBhRoegcao.rmdo,nthofthe
Suah.r/n.ll6e9k5h,a,heancdamoteh<ba1cktoSi-king(Chang-am,
j1idwasfavourablyreceivedbytherulii.
theusurper.whosereignwas1
insteadol'Thang.'
%* JAN 19
A RECORD
V,
}/.LS
OF
THE BUDDHIST RELIGION
AS PRACTISED IN
INDIA AND THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO
(A.D. 671-695)
By I-TSING
Translated by TAKAKUSU, B.A., Ph.D.
J.
WITH A LETTER FROM THE RIGHT HON. PROFESSOR F. MAX MULLER
WITH A MAP
Ojcfovb
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1896
PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
BY HORACE HART
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY