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A Record of The Buddhist Religion as Practised in India and the Malay Archipelago (A.D. 671-695) by I-Tsing, Translated by J. Takakusu, B.A., Ph.D. (Oxford, Clarendon Press 1896)

pages 223-224: ‘It is indeed curious to find the name of MESSIAH in a Buddhist work, though the name comes in quite accidentally. The book is called ‘The New Catalogue of the Buddhist Books compiled in the Chêng Yüan Period’ (A.D. 785-804), in the new Japanese edition of the Chinese Buddhist Books (Bodleian Library, Jap. 65 , P. 73; this book is not in Nanjio’s Catalogue)….

Moreover, the Sanghârâma of the Sâkya and the monastery of Tâ-ch’in (Syria) differ much in their customs, and their religious practices are entirely opposed to each other. King-ching (Adam) ought to hand down the teaching of MESSIAH (Mi-shi-ho), and the Sâkyaputriya-Sramanas should propagate the Sûtras of the Buddha.’