CONTENTS.

		PAGE
	INTRODUCTION	ix
	BOOK I.
SECT.
1.	The Birth	1
2.	Living in the Palace	20
3.	Disgust at Sorrow	29
4.	Putting away Desire	38
5.	Leaving the City	47
	BOOK II.
6.	The Return of Khandaka	59
7.	Entering the Place (Wood) of Austerities	70
8.	The General Grief of the Palace	81
9.	The Mission to seek the Prince	94
	BOOK III.
10.	Bimbisâra Râga invites the Prince	111
11.	The Reply to Bimbisâra Râga	119
12.	Visit to Ârâda Udrarâma	131
13.	Defeats Mâra	147
14.	O-wei-san-pou-ti (Abhisambodhi)	166
15.	Turning the Law-wheel	168
	BOOK IV.
16.	Bimbisâra Râga becomes a Disciple	180
17.	The Great Disciple becomes a Hermit	192
18.	Conversion of the 'Supporter of the Orphans and Destitute' (Anâthapindada)	201
19.	Interview between Father and Son	218
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SECT		PAGE
20.	Receiving the Getavana Vihâra	230
21.	Escaping the Drunken Elephant and Devadatta	241
22.	The Lady Âmrâ (Âmrapâlî) sees Buddha	249
	BOOK V.
23.	By Spiritual Power fixing his (Term of) Years	257
24.	The Differences of the Likkhavis	268
25.	Parinirvâna	277
26.	Mahâparinirvâna	290
27.	Praising Nirvâna	309
28.	Division of the Sarîras	325
	NOTES.
I.	Comparative List of 17 Chapters of the Sanskrit and Chinese Copies of the Buddhakarita	340
II.	Example of the Style of the Expanded Sûtras, as translated into Chinese	344
III.	The same Title given to different Works	365
	INDEX	373
	Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East	377

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