Text of Confucianism Part 02

SR No.: 007676
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Legge
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1882
Total Pages: 2405
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 43 MB

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FO-SHO-HING-TSAN-KING.
IV, 21.
When he came to Vaisâlt, he converted all the Raksha demons, and the lion (Simha) of the Likkhavis, and all the Likkhavis, 1693
Sakal the Nirgrantha, all these he caused to attain the true law. Hama kinkhava had a demon Potala, I694.
And another Potalaka (in) Potalagâma (these he converted]. Again he came to Mount Ala, to convert the demon Alava, 1695
And a second called Kumâra, and a third Asidaka; then going back to Mount Gaga (Gayâstrsha) he converted the demon Kañgana, 1696
And Kamo (kin-mau) the Yaksha, with the sister and son. Then coming to Benares, he converted the celebrated Katyayana; 1697
Then afterwards going, by his miraculous power, to Sruvala (Sou-lu-po-lo), he converted the merchants Davakin and Nikin (?), 1698
And received their sandal-wood hall, exhaling its fragrant odours till now. Going then to Mahivati, he converted the Rishi Kapila, 1699
And the Muni remained with him ; his foot stepping on the stone, the thousand-spoked twin-wheels appeared, which never could be erased. 1700
Then he came to the place Po-lo-na (Prâna), where he converted the demon Po-lo-na; coming to the country of Mathurâ, he converted the demon Godama (Khadama ?); 1701
In the Thurakusati (? neighbourhood of Mathura)
For Saka the Nirgrantha, see M. B., p. 255; also Dhammapada from the Chinese, p. 126.
. That is, Mahâkâtyâyana. There was another Katyayana, mentioned by Hiouen Thsang, who lived 300 years after the Nirvana.
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