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¹ Divyāvadāna Ed., pp. 356-364, transl. by *Windisch*, Māra und Buddha, p. 161 ff. *Cf.* *Éd. Huber*, Açvaghoṣa, Sûtrālaṃkāra traduit en Français, p. 263 ff. and *BEFEO* 4, 1904, p. 709 ff. *Lüders*, l.c., 77 ff. A Pāli form of this legend, quite inartistic and undramatic, has been published by *C. Duroiselle* (*BEFEO* 4, 1904, p. 414 ff.) from the Burmese work Lokapaññatti. It is curious that the monastery in which Upagupta, who later became Aśoka's teacher, lives, is endowed by the brothers Naṭa ("actor") and Bhaṭa ("soldier"), and is therefore called Naṭabhaṭika. *Lévi* (T'oung Pao 1907, p. 120) is not wrong in calling the Aśokāvadāna a kind of Māhātmya of the Naṭabhaṭika monastery of Mathurā.