Mahâ-Parinibbâna-Suttanta: The Book of the Great Decease

'And as they treat the remains of a king of kings, so, Ânanda, should they treat the remains of the Tathâgata. At the four cross roads a dâgaba should be erected to the Tathâgata. And whosoever shall there place garlands or perfumes or paint, or make salutation there, or become in its presence calm in heart--that shall long be to them for a profit and a joy.' ------------------------ 27. 'These men, Ânanda, worthy of a dâgaba[2], are four in number. Which are the four? 'A Tathâgata, or Arahat-Buddha, is worthy of a dâgaba. A Pakkeka-Buddha is worthy of a dâgaba[3]. [1. Buddhaghosa has no note on patikuggetvâ; but from its use at Gâtaka I, 50, 29: 69, 23, it must, I think, have this meaning. I am not certain to what root it ought to be referred. I should mention that pakkhipati seems to me never to mean in Pâli, 'to hurl forth into, to throw forth,' but always 'to place (slowly and carefully) into.' 2. A solid mound or tumulus, in the midst of which the bones and ashes are to be placed. The dome of St. Paul's as seen from the Thames Embankment gives a very good idea of one of the later Buddhist dâgabas. The Pâli word here and below is Thûpa. 3. A Pakkeka-Buddha, who has attained to the supreme and perfect insight; but dies without proclaiming the truth to the world.] p. 94 A true hearer of the Tathâgata is worthy of a dâgaba. A king of kings is worthy of a dâgaba. 28. 'And on account of what circumstance, Ânanda, is a Tathâgata, an Arahat-Buddha, worthy of a dâgaba?