The Three Predecessors¹ of Sakyamuni in the Buddhaship.

Fifty le to the west of the city bring (the traveller) to a town named Too-wei,1 the birthplace of Kasyapa Buddha².1 At the place where he and his father met,2 and at that where he attained³ to pari-nirvana, topes were erected⁴. Over the entire relic⁵ of the whole body of him, the Kasyapa Tathagata,3 a great tope was also erected.

Going on south-east from the city of Sravasti for twelve yojanas, (the travellers) came to a town named Na-pei-kea,4 the birthplace of Krakuchanda Buddha. At the place where he and his father met, and at that where he attained to pari-nirvana, topes were erected. Going north from here less than a yojana, they came to a town which had been the birthplace of Kanakamuni Buddha. At the place where he and his father met, and where he attained to pari-nirvana, topes were erected.

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