[549] S.B.E. XXIII. pp. 335-7.
[550] S.B.E. XXXI. p. 261.
[551] S.B.E. XXIII. pp. 21-31 (the Ormasd Yasht).
[552] Is it possible that there is any connection between Sukhâvatî and the land of Saukavastan, governed by an immortal ruler and located by the Bundehish between Turkistan and Chinistan? I imagine there is no etymological relationship, but if Saukavastan was well known as a land of the blessed it may have influenced the choice of a significant Sanskrit word with a similar sound.
[553] E.R.E. sub voce.
[554] J.A. 1912, I. p. 622. Unfortunately only a brief notice of his communication is given with no details. See also S. Lévi, Le Népâl, pp. 330 ff.
[555] Ti-tsang in Chinese, Jizo in Japanese. See for his history Visser's elaborate articles in Ostasiatische Ztsft. 1913-1915.
[556] He was accepted by the Manichæans as one of the Envoys of Light. J.A. 1911, II. p. 549.