The Master here ended his story and said, "Not now only, but of old also was he consoled by me," and he identified the Birth: "At that time Ajatasattu was the king, the followers of Buddha formed the company of the ascetic, and I myself was the sage Samkicca."

Footnotes

^134:1 Hardy's Manual, pp. 244-257, and pp. 333-337.

^134:2 Komudi, the full moon day in the month Kattika.

^134:3 Instead of purana reading Purana, i.e. Purana Kassapa. Cf. Digha Nikaya, II. 2, where the name appears as Purana.

^135:1 Whenever any one wishes to leave the house without being observed, he goes out by the aggadvaram, perhaps a side or back-door, as opposed to the main entrance. Cf. Jataka, vol. I. 114, vol. V. 132, Pali text.

^136:1 Reading kammakarana. Cf. Morris on this word in the Pali Text Society Journal, 1884, p. 76.

^137:1 The number of ussada hells is given by the scholiast as 128. Cf. L'Enfer Indien par M. L. Feer, Journal Asiatique, 1892 (VIII. ser. 20), pp. 185 sqq. Pancagati-dipana, Pali Text Soc. Journ. 1884. Senart's Mahavastu, I. 4. 12--27. 1 (summary at p. XXII). S'ikshasamuccaya, ed. Bendall, pp. 69-73.

^137:2 Vol. v. No. 522, Sarabhanga Jataka, p. 72, English version.

^138:1 Vol. IV. No. 497, Matanga Jataka, p. 244, English version.

^138:2 Vol. IV. No. 454, Ghata Jataka, p. 53-7, English version.

^138:3 Vol. V. No. 512, Kumbha Jataka, p. 10, English version.

^138:4 Vol. III. No. 422, Cetiya Jataka, p. 275, English version.

^139:1 A river in Hell.

^139:2 Jataka, III p. 29 (English version).

^139:3 This would refer to hunting the deer with dogs or the chetah, or to the sport of hawking.

BOOK XX. SATTATINIPATA.