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THIS STORY IS INTENDED to be both a partner to the novel ‘The Pilgrim Kāmanīta,’ written

by Karl Gjellerup in 1906, and a tale that stands on its own. There is no need to have

read the earlier book in order to make sense of this one, however, should you wish to go

to the source from which many of the characters and scenes of this tale have sprung, an

English version of it is to be found on this same web-site, at

http://www.abhayagiri.org/main/book/366/

This book was originally projected to be published entirely as a serial novel,

appearing one chapter at a time on the first day of every month, over a couple of years.

However, some of the same type of unpredictabilities that populate this tale intervened

and, before the planned twenty-six months were up, it became necessary for me to leave

California and relocate to England. This move, in July of 2010, precipitated the decision

to release the entire book early, as a parting nod this fair country that has been the focus

of my attention for the last twenty years, as well as the seedbed of so many of the fibres

of this yarn.

The worst thing that could happen to a story to be read for pleasure is to have it

surrounded by footnotes and appendices. This is true; but it’s also true that some

readers might like to know: “Did this come from the Buddha?” “Where can I find the

rest of that quote?” “That tradition sounds interesting, I wonder what it symbolises?”

What has been done, therefore, is to create an appendix of notes and references,

outlining the sources of the derived material that has been used.

The main body of the text is not marked in any way to indicate