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SADÂPARIBHOTA.
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woe, grief, despondency, and finally leading to Nirvâna, he showed to the disciples; the law connected with the six Perfections of virtue and terminating in the knowledge of the Omniscient, after the attainment of supreme, perfect enlightenment, he showed to the Bodhisattvas. The lifetime of that Lord Bhishmagargitasvararâga, the Tathâgata, &c., lasted forty hundred thousand myriads of kotis of Æons equal to the sands of the river Ganges. After his complete extinction his true law remained hundred thousands of myriads of kotis of Æons equal to the atoms (contained) in Gambudvipa, and the counterfeit of the true law continued hundred thousands of myriads of kotis of Æons equal to the dust-atoms in the four continents. When the counterfeit of the true law of the Lord Bhishmagargitasvararâga, the Tathâgata, &c., after his complete extinction, had disappeared in the world Mahasambhava, Mahâsthâmaprâpta, another Tathầgata Bhishmagargitasvararâga, Arhat, &c., appeared, endowed with science and conduct. So in succession, Mahâsthâma prâpta, there arose in that world Mahâsambhava twenty hundred thousand myriads of kotis of Tathagatas, &c., called Bhishmagargitasvararåga. At the time, Mahâsthâmaprâpta, after the complete extinction of the first Tathầgata amongst all those of the name of Bhishmagargitasvararâga, Tathâgata, &c., endowed with science and conduct, &c. &c., when his true law had disappeared and the counterfeit of the true law was
· According to Burnouf : autant de centaines de mille de myriades de kotis de Kalpas qu'il y a de grains de sable dans quarante Ganges.'
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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 |