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144 JESUS IN INDIA EXTRACT 3 Buddhism: being a Sketch of the Life and Teachings of Gautama, the Buddha, by T. W. Rhys Davids, M. A. Ph. D. (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London 1882) Page 183. His mother was the best and the purest of the daughters of men. In the footnote of page 183, Davids quotes St. Jerome: St. Jerome says (contra Jovian. bk. I): 'It is handed down as a tradition among the Gymnosophists of India, that Buddha, the founder of their system, was brought forth by a virgin from her side. ' EXTRACT 4 The Life of the Buddha and the Early History of his Order, derived from Tibetan Works in the Bkah-Hgyur and Bstan- Hgyur, translated by W. Woodville Rockhill (Trübner & Co. London 1884) Page 32. The rumour had reached Kapilavastu that the prince had died under the excess of his penances, and all the court was plunged in despair, and his wives fell faint- ing to the ground; but a little after came the news that he