On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c18.46

v2.c18.46

We have then the very curious story which explains the origin of the names. It is not necessary to go over this long story of which Julien has given us a fair translation. But there is one passage in it on which we may dwell for a moment. While the Hero is keeping vigil in the temple he has a horrible nightmare in which he is killed. Thereupon, he says, he shou-chung-yin-shên (受 中 陰 身) which Julien renders— "et je restai quelque temps dans ce triste état". But the meaning of the words is "in my intermediate state". Chung-yin, called also chung-yu (中