[225] Kathina in Pali. See Mahâvag. cap. VII.
[226] Fournereau, p. 225.
[227] The ploughing festival is a recognized imperial ceremony in China. In India ceremonies for private landowners are prescribed in the Gṛihya Sûtras but I do not know if their performance by kings is anywhere definitely ordered. However in the Nidâna Kathâ 270 the Buddha's father celebrates an imposing ploughing ceremony.
[228] I.e. Tusita. Compare such English names descriptive of beautiful scenery as Heaven's Gate.
[229] See Keith, Aitereya Aranyaka, pp. 174-178. The ceremony there described undoubtedly originated in a very ancient popular festival.
[230] I.e. float-raft. Most authors give the word as Krathong, but Pallegoix prefers Kathong.
[231] Chulakantamangalam, Bangkok, 1893.
[232] P.A. Thompson, Lotus Land, p. 134.
[233] For the Brahmans of Siam see Frankfürter, Oriental. Archiv. 1913, pp. 196-7.
[234] Chulakantamangala, p. 56.