29.
Account of the Distribution of Relics
1.
There was a wide-spread distribution of relics in those various regions.
2.
One in Kapilavatthu, and one in Allakappa.
3.
One among the Mallas of Pāvā, and one among the Mallas of Kusinārā.
4.
The Moriyas, with satisfied minds, caused a monument to be built for the embers.
5.
The embers stupa the tenth, established at that very time.
6.
These seven are unbroken, the remaining relics are as if broken.
7.
The small ones are the size of mustard seeds, and the relics are of various colours.
8.
The small ones are bud-coloured, and they measure sixteen doṇas of clay.
9.
And six small measures too, these are all the relics.
10.
And the right eye in Ceylon, all these are established.
11.
One in the domain of Gandhāra, one of the king of Kaliṅga.
12.
The gods carried away each one, to a succession of world-systems.
13.
The inner robe at the family house, the bed-sheet at the city called Kapila.
14.
In Campā a water-cloth, and woollen cloth in Kosala.
15.
The sitting cloth among the Avantis, and the bed-sheet in the realm then.
16.
An adze and a needle-case too, in the city of Indapatta then.
17.
Used by the sage, people made then.
18.
Out of compassion for living beings, it was ancient at that time.
The Treatise on the Distribution of Relics is concluded.
The Chronicle of the Buddhas is finished.
