[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.