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| | 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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| 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 |