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SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA.
III.
extinction, last thirty-two intermediate kalpas, and the counterfeit of his true law will last as many intermediate kalpas?.
And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas :
23. Thou also, son of Sâri, shalt in future be a Gina, a Tathagata named Padmaprabha, of illimited sight; thou shalt educate thousands of kotis of living beings.
24. After paying honour to many kotis of Buddhas, making 8 strenuous efforts in the course of duty, and after having produced in thyself the ten powers, thou shalt reach supreme, perfect enlightenment.
25. Within a period inconceivable and immense there shall be an Æon rich in jewels (or, the Æon jewel-rich), and a sphere named Viraga, the pure field of the highest of men;
26. And its ground will consist of lapis lazuli, and be set off with gold threads; it will have hundreds of jewel trees, very beautiful, and covered with blossoms and fruits.
27. Bodhisattvas of good memory, able in showing
1 This counterfeit, pratirûpaka, of the true law, reminds one of the counterfeit, paitiyâro, produced by Ariman in opposition to the creation of Ormazd; mythologically it is the dark side of nature. That there is some connection between the Buddhistical pratirûpaka and the Iranian paitiyâro can hardly be doubted.
"A striking example of how the original Prakrit of the verse has been adulterated in order to give it a more Sanskrit colouring is afforded by this stanza. One MS. has bhavishyasî Sârisuta tuhampi; another bhavishyase Sârisutânukampi, with mar. ginal correction tvaya mpi.
Upâdayitva, i.e. Pâli upâdiyitva, synonymous with arabhya (viryam); the var. lect. upârgayitva, having acquired, is an innovation, at first sight specious enough.
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| SR No. | 007677 |
| Book Title | Saddharma Pundarika |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | H Kern |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1884 |
| Total Pages | 2546 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 46 MB |