On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c15.87
On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c15.87
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v1.c15.87
The spot at which the Buddha silenced his proud and learned opponents at Śrāvastī was supposed to have been marked by a special tope. This was one of the Eight Great Topes, already referred to, associated with the Buddha's career. We cannot regard the tope of this paragraph, or the temple of a previous passage, as the celebrated Great Tope of Śrāvastī.¹