[66] Kshitigarbha is translated into Chinese as Ti-tsang and Jizō is the Japanese pronunciation of the same two characters.
[67] In Ostasiat. Ztsft. 1913-15. See too Johnston, Buddhist China, chap. VIII.
[68] The Earth goddess is known to the earliest Buddhist legends. The Buddha called her to witness when sitting under the Bo tree.
[69] Three Sûtras, analysed by Visser, treat of Kshitigarbha. They are Nanjio, Nos. 64, 65, 67.
[70] A celebrated monastery in the portion of An-hui which lies to the south of the Yang-tse. See Johnston, Buddhist China, chaps, VIII, IX and X.
[71] There is some reason to think that even in Turkestan Kshitigarbha was a god of roads.
[72] In Annam too Jizō is represented on horseback.