Thomas William Rhys Davids

“ It is a striking example of the way in which such legends grow, that it is only the latest of these authorities, Hsüan Tsang, who says that, though ostensibly approaching the Buddha with a view to reconciliation, Devadatta had concealed poison in his nail with the object of murdering the Buddha. ”

“ Authorities.—Vinaya Texts, translated by Rhys Davids and H. Oldenberg (3 vols., Oxford, 1881–1885) ; The Jātaka, edited by V. Fausböll (7 vols., London, 1877–1897) ; T. Watters, On Yuan Chwang (ed. Rhys Davids and Bushell, 2 vols., London, 1904–1905) ; Fa Hian, translated by J. Legge (Oxford, 1886) ”