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THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY. 221
author, that the Bouddhus dislike the Hindoo religion more
than they do Mahometanism.
The Substance of the Temee Jatii, an Account of the Incar-
nation of Booddhu,
Translated from the Biirman, by Mr. F. Carey.
The divine one, while remaining in the Jatu forest,
began to relate his celebrated departure into the forest,
and, in reciting the encomium, uttered this Jatii of king
Temee.
Upon a certain day, the mendicants, met in the assembly
of audience, continued to celebrate the departure of Bhu-
guvii. Bhuguvii said,' O mendicants ! why are you assem-
bled?' They replied, ' We are conversing on this subject.'
He rejoined,' O mendicants, this is not the only time of
my departure ; formerly, to accomplish unattained austeri-
ties, let it not surprise you that I left my kingdom, and
departed into the forest.' Having said this, he remained
silent. The mendicants entreating, Bhuguvu revealed to
them the history of the Jatus :—
' O ye mendicants ! in the kingdom of Kasheekti, and in
the city of Varanusee, (Benares,) formerly reigned Kashee
Raja, a king who possessed every excellent quality, and had
sixteen thousand wives. The citizens said among them-
selves, ' Our sovereign has neither son nor daughter to
preserve his family from extinction :' they therefore assem-
bled in the presence of the king, and, observing the rules
laid down in the Kooshu Jatu, thus addressed him: *, O
author, that the Bouddhus dislike the Hindoo religion more
than they do Mahometanism.
The Substance of the Temee Jatii, an Account of the Incar-
nation of Booddhu,
Translated from the Biirman, by Mr. F. Carey.
The divine one, while remaining in the Jatu forest,
began to relate his celebrated departure into the forest,
and, in reciting the encomium, uttered this Jatii of king
Temee.
Upon a certain day, the mendicants, met in the assembly
of audience, continued to celebrate the departure of Bhu-
guvii. Bhuguvii said,' O mendicants ! why are you assem-
bled?' They replied, ' We are conversing on this subject.'
He rejoined,' O mendicants, this is not the only time of
my departure ; formerly, to accomplish unattained austeri-
ties, let it not surprise you that I left my kingdom, and
departed into the forest.' Having said this, he remained
silent. The mendicants entreating, Bhuguvu revealed to
them the history of the Jatus :—
' O ye mendicants ! in the kingdom of Kasheekti, and in
the city of Varanusee, (Benares,) formerly reigned Kashee
Raja, a king who possessed every excellent quality, and had
sixteen thousand wives. The citizens said among them-
selves, ' Our sovereign has neither son nor daughter to
preserve his family from extinction :' they therefore assem-
bled in the presence of the king, and, observing the rules
laid down in the Kooshu Jatu, thus addressed him: *, O