Chiftay'hnd t o t he was. a b a the-.god pf Japan, and the Woden. ofL'the
Goths; an opinjoniawshich cosres-ponds \witht, and is perhaps,grafted onythe
information. of the. learned; and laborious; JC 3tapfer,Vctarpborated, after?
wards by his own idsetaehdiw iGSn'tfshafever, 'SHpdGB^eiaeflB--
rpstK ,it will ,no« tend to-weaken1 .the betiefdf hisfestjyositipiay -when/1 iaife
SeryjeiMfet^aGhiRes&d^pnties, on the^coasion of qwt introduction to the
Sered&W5Qr.iugh priest,-of ,theBirmmen^ire,:prostra'ted3thethselv.e'sb’efofe
him! a n d .afterwards; a d o re d ^ a n im ag e o f G t a d m a ^ a th Siore -reiigiffibis; #©^ .
vour thta-utate: politeness, or, taqui^eeiiee in the customs ©fata tfiefcaation;
would have e x c i te d th e Bonzes also ;af,China., like! the BhaHtanstoAiAirai
TgRar iyelt^w? ■a<^hf?■sacepfataii colour, and in nlan^dfettefe«#lQhis ta d
ceremonies: there may be^raced^a^rikiiig'Similitwdej
Whatever imay be the.antitjuity. .of the worship -@f BoQdhpth© y^dptextent
:fi£ ifs receptwo easatitbedoubted. psriterpy p_p
the eastern peninsula caUs the image of Gaudma, a s^ ^ |M p p ed ,:b y ,th e
S I ^ pS j Srtmnna-.codom: being qnAC^WP.ted with t-heS^page^pfSiam,
which from so short a residence as four months, it was! impqssiMe.*hei?puld
* Speaking of the Budz, or Seaka, of die Japanese,Kasmpfer says-, “ 1 have «trong reasons
“ to believe, both'from the affinity of the name, and the very nature of this religion, that its
« author and founder is the very same person whom the Bramins call Budha, and believe to
“ be the essential spirit of Wishna, or their deity, who made his ninth appearance in the world
“ under this name: the Peguers call him Samana Khutama.” Hist. Japan, Book
Treating bn the introduction of Boodh intoChina, the same author saysj “ Ahotft the
« year of Christ 518, one Darma, a great saint, and twenty-third successor on the holy see
“ of Seaka (Budha), came over into China from Seitenseku, as the Japanese writers explain
“ it, that is, from that part of the world which lies westward with regard to Japan, and laid,
te properly, speaking, the first firm foundation of the Budsdoism in that. mighty empire.
Book. IV. ch. 6. t Loubere.
have* acquired,' rheacpn'f&md^<‘tv^o,di^liw^iW(^^^iSomQiia*, -and'Godomr,
s i gnify ipgvGo.domydr*Gaudma, in|&^inoamate«lta6tf.the difference tfetwèen
tjhèyleJtósJC; ai$i G may Jeasilyj,,laaye,-arfsenJrom. the!mode ef^pro!-
^ntialiqBstadfefpifecnunjtrie^i «ventaatheiiBinhaffitaamiersof uttering
thé ymrdfctbe diètinc^iemibetiwefeiivthese’,defctea’sid&.iiBtojvdry'tdieaf^^^ie
3 Qodh of the tndian&yand vthe Birmans, asi p&mamicèd 'by%hê!iSiantese
Pooth’, or-Pood, by 'th'e .vulgaryP.op,;w}yp|fe>witbqdt) anyrjvijpleiice t-oiiprol-
.bability, might be- concerted by;thedCMngsd»ino'iEoe j-IrthdllJamtilieoter-
^ in a tip h é ^ j as:,Mr. ;Ghambersi..,remari4i creates.)afstraffing -resemblanih
between PiWqensaiid' thé odtn oJ die G oths. ev u y p u son whp'hasi'conf-
p a rsed «iitM ho*natives of■Indiaykiiows that-Bgiodh iv the, Djcsiftlbrdurii,
.the Wednegday;,bri^qde1V ^.^®'pf*|^ldfinjdÓota'iJ(si^irör!^iagy,3ïhaW.e.s;!iÊ1
^gvhicjb must aijK.atys: bertaoegtedt as > as .surer Iguide inferences
- .drawn, frogii'th^-r.esemblarice;'of lyordsyiiipd 1 etymologica-kirialsdiiingf 1 dips
linpi, tojmyimind, sufficiently establish tdrat Biaodheafid fWodenbwsrei the
same. »ilFliè puiod of the ninth meat nation of Vishnu was lons/uhfce-
^ p d e a - t ! C p A t h e i e x i s t e n d e - j o j i i h e i i d e i f i e d - h e r o . 'f o h i S b a h d a i n s y i a . ' 1 ^ r A | 5g f f i a in
Jones determines fche period when JBoodhi appeared omtjhe' earthtHtaDfe
JÖJ4 years before the ;'Ê|nhyof Christ b .Odin^jQKiWoideSv fleurisffed
-a&a»,period,not very distant,front»pur. S^viotn^iiandi,was;t afeBpdirig to
some,-a,(^temporary.ofPompey and ófdpliusl.Gaesain «EGhetai^oigofrihp
Northern, Antiquities' places 'him 7.Q\yeaa:s«aftenïKèu.GhTjstiaii srEven
’t ttlie Birman, GaudmaJÏ’q(^®rnia|tly! vlP.-iteh >tyac«?uni> must,chaste Jived
abqve 500 years Before Wodena^iSQ.immehse.^spaeeteta*htadlyrixfeasup-
posed to have b’derf overlooked: 'büt'ifthe supposition refers; nOtWtfre warf
Mv Gentil asserts thait the Ghines^dmit^by thèir own*ageounts’, that*$öëji%héïi?röbjéct
of worship, was originally brought from „India.