[114] Here another quotation may be permitted from Dr. L. A. WADDELL’S article, _Evolution of the Buddhist Cult, its Gods, Images and Art_ (_The Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review_, January, 1912): And notwithstanding that the Mahayana was primarily a nihilistic mysticism, with a polytheism only in the background, the latter soon came to the front and has contributed more than anything else to the materialising and popularity of Buddhism. [115] _Mās_, meaning “gold”, is used as a predicate of nobility and also as a title conferred in polite address on persons of lower birth. [116] _Alocasia macrorrhiza Schott_ of the _Aracaceae_ family; the leaf, which once betokened dignity, is still used to protect the head and upper part of the body against rain; other parts of the plant serve sometimes as food. [117] The pit there discovered makes the monastic character more than doubtful while it accentuates the syncretism in which also the ornament of these _chandis_ does not differ from all Central Javanese religious structures of the period, except those on the Diëng plateau. [118] Best translated by “ruin”. [119] An exclamation of wonder and surprise. [120] And removed to the “museum” at Jogjakarta. [121] The three gems: the Buddha, the law and the congregation. [122] Offering accommodation, inclusive of the holy of holies, for 42 statues, which had already flown in 1812. [123] Different of yore, different now. [124] There is no help for it; lit. “what can be done?” [Illustration] CHAPTER VIII THE APPROACH TO THE BORO BUDOOR The goodly works, and stones of rich assay, Cast into sundry shapes by wondrous skill, That like on earth no where I reckon may; EDMUND SPENSER, _Faerie Queene_, Canto X.