The University of Nalanda c12.18

c12.18

We have given above two modes of Caityavandana, one prevalent at Tāmralipti, the other at Nālandā. And the reason for this procedure is that though I-Tsing says that the first method was prevalent at Tāmralipti, still it appears, after going through the whole narrative, that sometimes even the first method of Caityavandana was followed at Nālandā, when it would be convenient to do so.