^142:1 See Hardy, Eastern Monachism, pp. 213-4.
^142:2 See Hardy, Eastern Monachism, 216 f. The last class is said to be images of the Buddha.
^143:1 Reading parigalantam.
^144:1 The tokens are a familiar feature of folk-tales. We may compare the story of Theseus, with his father's sword and sandals: Pausanias, i. 27. 8.
^144:2 Another familiar episode in folk tales, but of Protean form. It is commonly a hair of the lady's head that falls. See Clouston, Popular Tales and Fictions, i. 241 (India), 251, (Egypt); North Indian Notes and Queries, ii. 704; Lal Behari Day, Folk Tales of Bengal, No, 4.
^145:1 Khattiya.
^145:2 For an account of the Cakkavatti, and the miracles at his appearing, consult Hardy's Manual, 126 ff. See also Rhys Davids on the Questions of Milinda, vol. i. p. 57 (he renders the last two treasurer and adviser), and Buddhist Suttas, p. 257.
^146:1 The word is used both of the seat under the tree and of the raised terrace built around it.
^146:2 Or should it be a karisa round the king?
^146:3 The scholiast says of this mando: "As the age continues, at first it continues the same, then with the waning of the age wanes again and grows less."