The Project Gutenberg eBook of A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms
Title: A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms
Author: Faxian
Translator: James Legge
Release date: February 12, 2021 [eBook #64535]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024
Language: English
Credits: Ronald Grenier (This file was modified from an original transcription created by John Bickers, Dagny, and David Widger for PG EBook 2124.
Images were generously made available by The Internet Archive/Wellcome Libraries.)
Transcriber’s Note: This is a full unabridged transcription that includes the Chinese text and illustrations contained in the original printed version.
Transcriber Note: The cover image was created by the transcriber from the original cover and elements of the title page. It is placed in the public domain.
VI. THE DEVAS CELEBRATING THE ATTAINMENT OF THE BUDDHASHIP.
A
RECORD OF BUDDHISTIC KINGDOMS
BEING AN ACCOUNT BY
THE CHINESE MONK FÂ-HIEN
OF
HIS TRAVELS IN INDIA AND CEYLON
(A.D. 399–414)
IN SEARCH OF THE BUDDHIST BOOKS OF DISCIPLINE
TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED
WITH A COREAN RECENSION OF THE CHINESE TEXT
BY
JAMES LEGGE, M.A., LL.D.
Professor of the Chinese Language and Literature
Oxford
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1886
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