On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c23.s23.1

v2.c23.s23.1

The narrative of the Records terminates with the arrival of the pilgrim in the country which had been *Na-fo-p'o*, but a few sentences are appended to form a graceful epilogue. Julien here had the faulty and imperfect B text, and his translation of the passage was made under a partial misapprehension of the meaning of the author. What the latter writes may be freely rendered as follows—