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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.
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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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