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Updated: May 7, 2025
Hwuy-king, Hwuy-tah, and Tâo-ching went on ahead towards the place of Buddha's shadow in the country of Nâgara; but Fâ-hien and the others remained in Woo-chang, and kept the summer retreat. That over, they descended south, and arrived in the country of Soo-ho-to. All bhikshus call themselves Sramans. ~Soo-ho-to Legends of Buddha~ In that country also Buddhism is flourishing.
Soo-ho-to has not been clearly identified. Beal says that later Buddhist writers include it in Udyana. It must have been between the Indus and the Swat. I suppose it was what we now call Swastene. In that country also Buddhism is flourishing. In this way the people of the country became aware of the fact, and on the spot reared a tope, adorned with layers of gold and silver plates.
The rock is fourteen cubits high, and more than twenty broad, with one side of it smooth. That over, they descended south, and arrived in the country of Soo-ho-to. Bhikshu is the name for a monk as "living by alms," a mendicant. All bhikshus call themselves Sramans. Sometimes the two names are used together by our author.
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