Lalit Vistara

SR No.: 011126
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Rajendralala Mitra
Publisher: Asiatic Society
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 292
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 18 MB

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CHAPTER Xii.
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NOTE 8.
* 1. The Prince haring grown up, p. 198. The Chinose version fixes the age at the nincteonth year, when the king provided the Prince vith thrco palaong for the three principal seasons of the year, and a large retinue of attendants and handnaids. Separate servants were chgagel to rub bis person, to smooth it, to anoint it with aromatic oils, and to bathe it. There were among them hnir-ressers, looking-glass hoklars, custodians of Csures, of hair ebaplets, and of the wardrobe. Every garuent for the prince was made of Kásiká material, i, e., silkou, silk being used by the king and others for outer garments only. The Burniese version brings the age to the sixteenth year, when the palaces were pruviled and the inarriage took place. The Siameso text follows the Burnere recordl.
2. Some pliers of the race, both male and female, thus addressed hin, p. 198. In the Chinesu vorsion the proposition comes froin the king himselt, wlio, adverting to the prophecy of Asita, asks his councillor's to devise means for preventing the Prince from becoming a hermit. The Siamese text says, “when the palaces were finished, the king announced his intention of raising his son to the sovereignty (making him vice king), and called upon the Sákya Princen to offor their daughters as Lis wives," (p. 120). The Burmesu text summarily disposes of the subjoct by saying the Prince was married.
3. Tle then reflected, p. 109. This enquiry of the king about the Prince's choice and the latter's cogitations and reply are not noticed in the southern versions.
4. Loluses in sacred tanks, sprouting froin mire, p. 199. The purport is that good may proceud from evil, even as lotuses thrive in the nire at the bottoms of old lanks. This maxim convinces the Prince that marriage, though in so bad, would lead to good, and therefore it was proper for him to marry
5. Such should be the maiden, 0 king, rohom I should marry, p. 200. Although the cogitation is held in privato, the versen, being designed for the information of the king, are directly addressed to the king.
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