[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904) › v2.c19.170 # On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.170 On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.170 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.170) In this account of the Dragon-rāja giving the P'usa assurance of success at the Bodhi Tree our pilgrim follows certain scriptures. These tell us that after being refreshed by the maiden's offering of food the P'usa was on his way to the Bodhi Tree, and passing the den of a blind dragon. By the prodigies which occurred at the moment, and the opening of his own eyes, the dragon knew that a Buddha had appeared, and predicted to the P'usa immediate success.¹ In other books the dragon Muchilinda is blind, and gains his eyesight after his protection of Buddha for seven days.² Then there are several treatises which call the prophesying dragon Kāla or Kālika (in Chinese Kāta written 迦茶) meaning "Black", and do not represent him as blind.³ In some of these he has a queen and family, and has lived through several kalpas, having witnessed the coming of the three Past Buddhas. - [Previous: v2.c19.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.169) - [Next: v2.c19.171](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.171) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.170) · Pramāṇa