^198:1 Her real name was Visakha; she was the most distinguished among the female disciples of Buddha. See her history in Hardy's Manual, 220; Warren, section 101. The reason for her title is given in Warren, Buddhism in Translations, p. 470, from the Dhammapada, p. 245. See the story in Mahavagga, viii. 15.

^198:2 Or "are above granting boons (before they know what they are)": so Rhys Davids and Oldenberg in Mahavagga, i. 54. 4, viii. 15. 6.

^200:1 The eight silani: against taking life, theft, impurity, lying, intoxicating liquors, eating at forbidden hours, worldly amusements, unguents and ornaments.

^202:1 For the exact meaning of patihariyapakkho see Childers, p. 618.

^202:2 sassudeva-patibbata. Sassudeva should be a separate word.

^203:1 See p. 79, p. 23 note 1, vol. ii. p. 1 note 4. There was a ceremony called garbharaksana which protected against abortion (Buhler, Ritual-Litteratur, in Grundriss der indo-iran. Philologie, p. 43).

^203:2 Compare ii. 297 (p. 208 of this translation)

^203:3 Like rerzrwv, a carpenter or mason.

^203:4 The celestial architect.

^204:1 See No. 281 (transl. vol. ii. p. 271). The juggling trick here described is spoken of by mediaeval travellers. See Yule's Marco Polo, vol. i. p. 308 (ed. 2).

^204:2 na is a misprint for ca.

^204:3 These words are the beginning of the stanzas in No. 264 (transl. ii. p. 231). Cp. Thera-gatha, p. 22.

^204:4 No. 264 (transl. vol. ii. p. 229).