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K's, p., Ka's'i, skt., the old and holy name of Benares.—104 et seq., 192.

Ka'ssapa, p., K's'yapa, skt. (the etymology "He who swallowed fire," is now rejected), a name of three brothers, chiefs of the Jatilas, called after their residences, Uruvel, Nad, and Gay. The name Kassapa applies mainly to Kssapa of Uruvel, one of the great pillars of the Buddhistic brotherhood, who took at once, after his conversion, a most prominent rank among Buddha's disciples. [Kassapa of Uruvel is frequently identified with Mah-Kassapa, the same who was president of the council at Rjagaha, but H. Dharmapala states, on the authority of the Anguttara Nikya, that the two were altogether different persons.]—62-65, 119, 120, 163, 164, 254.

Kha'ndha, p., Ska'ndha, skt., elements; attributes of being, which are form, sensation, perception, discrimination, and consciousness.—30.

Kile'sa, p., Kle'a, skt., error.[Pg 279]

Ki's Go'tam, p., Kri'sha Gau'tam, skt., the slim or thin Gotam. Name (i) of a cousin of Buddha, mentioned in Chap. VI, p. 16, (2) of the heroine in the parable of the mustard seed.—209, 210, 211.

Ko'l, a little kingdom in the neighborhood of Kapilavatthu, the home of Yasodhar.—13.

Kond'aa, p., Kaundi'nya, skt., name of Buddha's first disciple, afterwards called j'ta Kaundi'nya in skt. and A'ta Konda'a in p.—55, 56.

Ko'sala, p. and skt., name of a country.—75, 76, 77, 94, 104, 105, 139.

Kosa'mb, p., Kaus'mb, skt., a city.—100, 103, 187.

Kusin'r, p., Kusina'gara, skt., a town.—238, 239, 241, 249, 250.

Ktada'nta, p. and skt., a Brahman chief in the village Dnamat, also called Khnumat; is mentioned in Sp. Hardy's M.B., p. 289 and in S.B.E., Vol. XIX., p. 242 [Fo, v. 1682].—152-160. Cf. Rhys Davids's Dialogues, pp. 173-179.

Li'cchavi, p. and skt., the name of a princely family.—228, 231.

Lu'mbin, skt., a grove named after a princess, its owner.—8.

Ma'gadha, p. and skt., name of a country.—65, 68, 70, 71, 90, 98, 111, 219, 223, 224.

Ma'gga, M'rga, skt., path; especially used in the Pli phrase "Ariyo atthangiko maggo," the noble eightfold path, which consists of: right views, high aims, right speech, upright conduct, a harmless livelihood, perseverance in well-doing, intellectual activity, and earnest thought. [See S.B.E, Vol. XI, pp. 63 and 147.]

Mahr'ja, the great king.—78.

Mahse'tu, the great bridge. A name invented by the author of the present book to designate the importance of Christianity compared to the Hnayna and Mahyna of Buddhism.—ix, x.

Mahy'na, the great vehicle, viz., of salvation. Name of the Northern conception of Buddhism, comparing religion to a great ship in which men can cross the stream of Samsra to reach the shore of Nirvna.—ix, x.

Ma'lla, p. and skt., name of a tribe.—239, 241, 245, 246, 249, 250, 251.

Manas'kata, p., Manas'krita, skt., a village in Kosala.—139, 140, 142.

Mand'ra, p. and skt., a flower of great beauty.—9.

M'ra, p. and skt., the Evil One, the tempter, the destroyer, the god of lust, sin, and death.—5, 9, 25, 34, 36, 39, 42, 43, 44, 79, 116, 117, 130, 131, 133, 171, 173, 205, 235.

Mra's daughters are always three in number but their names are variously given as Tanh, Arati, Rati (Dh. 164), and Tanh, Arati, Rag (Ab. 44 etc.).—36, 258.

M'tali, p. and skt., name of a demon in the retinue of Yama.—198.[Pg 280]

Mta'nga, p. and skt., literally, of low birth; the Matanga caste comprises mongrels of the lowest with higher castes.—196, 197.

M'thura, and skt., name of a place.—200.

M'y, p. and skt., Buddha's mother. (See My-dev.) The term "veil of My," viz., the illusion of self, popularly known through Schopenhauer, does not refer to Buddha's mother, but to the Vedantic conception of my. The word means "charm, magic enhancement."—7, 91. The similarity of sound in the names My and Maria is curious.

My-de'v, also called Mah-My, or simply My, p. and skt., the wife of Suddhodana and mother of Buddha. She died in childbed, and Buddha ascends to heaven to preach to her the good law and the gospel of salvation.—7, 91.

Mette'yya, Maitre'ya, skt., etymology, "full of kindness"; the name of the Buddha to come.—241, 245.

Moggall'na, p., Maudgaly'yana, skt., one of the most prominent disciples of Buddha, a friend of Sriputta.—70, 71, 85.

Mu'ni, skt. and p., a thinker, a sage; especially a religious thinker. Sakyamu'ni, the sage of the Sakyas, is Buddha.—26, 62, 103, 170, 171, 172.

Nad'-Ka'ssapa, p., Nad-K's'yapa, skt., brother of the great Kassapa of Uruvel.—64.

N'dika, p. and skt., name of a village.—225.

N'ga, p. and skt., literally serpent. The serpent being regarded as a superior being, the word denotes a special kind of spiritual beings; a sage, a man of spiritual insight; any superior personality. Nga kings, 9.