“Far rather will I fall into this hell Head downwards, and heels upwards, of my own Accord, than do a deed that is unworthy! Receive then, Master, at my hands, this alms!” And as he so said, he held the dish of rice with a firm grasp, and walked right on into the fiery furnace! And that instant there arose a beautiful large lotus-flower, up and up, from the bottom of the depth of the fiery pit, and received the feet of the Bodisat. And from it there came up about a peck of pollen, and fell on the Great Being’s head, and covered his whole body with a sprinkling of golden dust. Then standing in the midst of the lotus-flower, he poured the food into the Pacceka Buddha’s bowl. And he took it, and gave thanks, and threw the bowl aloft; then rose himself into the sky, in the sight of all the people; and treading as it were on the clouds whose various shapes formed a bolt across the heavens, he passed away to the mountain regions of Himālaya. Māra too, sorrowing over his defeat, went away to the place where he dwelt. But the Bodisat, still standing on the lotus, preached the Law to the people in praise of charity and righteousness; and then returned to his house, surrounded by the multitude. And he gave gifts, and did other good works his life long, and then passed away according to his deeds. * * * * * The Teacher then concluded this discourse in illustration of his words, “This is no wonder, O householder, that you, having the insight of those who are walking in the First Path, should now have been unmoved by the Fairy; but what was done by the wise in former times, that was the wonder.” And he established the connexion, and summed up the Jātaka, by saying, “There the then Pacceka Buddha died, and on his death no new being was formed to inherit his Karma; but he who gave alms to the Pacceka Buddha, standing on the lotus after defeating the Tempter, was I myself.” END OF THE STORY OF THE FIERY FURNACE.[341] END OF BOOK I. CHAPTER IV. INDEX. The names mentioned in the Tables following the Introduction are not included in this Index, as the Table in which any name should occur can easily be found from the Table of Contents. The names of the Jātakas as far as published in Mr. Fausböll’s text are included in this Index, the reference being to the number of the story; all the other references are to the pages in this volume. In Pāli pronounce vowels as in Italian, consonants as in English (except c = _ch_, n̅ = _ny_, ŋ = _ng_), and place the accent on the long syllable. This is a rough rule for practical use. Details and qualifications may be seen in my manual ’Buddhism,’ pp. 1, 2. Abbhantara Jātaka No. 281 Abhidhamma, lxiv, 106 Abhiṇha Jātaka No. 27 Abhisambuddha-gāthā, lxxvi Ādiccupaṭṭhāna Jātaka No. 175 Æsop, vii, xi, xxxi-xxxv Afghanistan, xliii Age, virtue of reverence to, 310, 320 Aggika Jātaka No. 129 Ājañña Jātaka No. 24