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PRINCE SIDDHATTHA
BECOMES BUDDHA.
IV.
THE BODHISATTA'S BIRTH.
THERE was in Kapilavatthu a Sakya king, strong of purpose and reverenced by all men, a descendant of the Okkākas, who call themselves Gotama, and his name was Suddhodana or Pure-Rice.1
His wife Māyā-devī was beautiful as the water-lily and pure in mind as the
