On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c18.s1.4
On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c18.s1.4
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v2.c18.s1.4
In the mention of the non-Buddhists Julien makes the pilgrim describe these as living in their temples. This is due to the faulty reading of his text which adds the particle chih (之) after the four words Yi-tao-tsa-chii, "the heretics live pell-mell". To these four words, which form a very common phrase in the Records, the old texts added the particle Yi (矣) to serve as a full stop. This unfortunately appears in the B text as chih, and spoils the meaning. Our pilgrim never represents the professed adherents of the non-Buddhist systems as living in the "Deva-Temples".