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114Pacific World55. Leclère, Les Livres Sacrés du Cambodge, pp. 7–8.56. Leclère, Les Livres Sacrés du Cambodge, pp. 9–10.57. Ukñå Suttantapr∆jå Ind, “Ry ° aç Pa†hamasambodhi,” Kambujasuriyå(1934): 5–6 (stanzas 1–6).58. K. bodhiñåna.59. Ind, “Ry ° aç Pa†hamasambodhi,” p. 6 (stanza 9).60. K. căkra-ratan’.61. K. căkra-batra.62. I.e., the wheel of the Buddha, or the Dhamma.63. “Great king.”64. K., P. lokiya.65. K. Bra© camanarind rẏaç raçs∆.66. K. Cakr∆ ka‘ trås’.67. I.e., with the connotation of “necessary but impure.”68. K. bodi-ñåna.69. K. asubå. I take this as P. asubha, or “impurities,” or possibly morespecifically, asubha-kamma håna, or “objects of meditation impurities,”which may refer to meditation exercises on decomposing bodies in acemetary.70. Ind,“Ry ° aç Pa†hamasambodhi,” p. 11 (stanzas 45–50).71. Reynolds and Reynolds, The Three Worlds According to King Ruang,pp. 140, 160–170; Collins, Nirvana and Other Buddhist Felicities, p. 612. Itremains difficult to document how well individual Tipi†aka texts such asthis latter were known during this period but I include this text under thegeneral rubric of Trai Bh¥m cosmology that becomes evident in other texts.A version of this text is later used by Suç S’∆v in the 1940s (Suç S’∆v, Kappakathå,pp. 34, 44).72. Collins, Nirvana and Other Buddhist Felicities, p. 612.73. Collins, Nirvana and Other Buddhist Felicities, p. 604.74. Collins’ translation. Collins, Nirvana and Other Buddhist Felicities, p. 604.75. This is Collins’ translation. Collins, Nirvana and Other BuddhistFelicities, p. 604.76. Collins, Nirvana and Other Buddhist Felicities, pp. 373–374.77. Reynolds and Reynolds, The Three Worlds According to KingRuang, p. 139.78. Collins, Nirvana and Other Buddhist Felicities, pp. 612–613.