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XXIII. GADGADASVARA.
397 token that the Bodhisattva Mahâsattva be admonished by it to come to this Saha-world.
Then the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., said to the Lord Prabhataratna, the Tathagata, &c., who was completely extinct: Produce such a token, Lord, that the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Gadgadasvara be admonished by it to come to this Sahaworld. And the Lord Prabhataratna, the Tathâgata, &c., who was completely extinct, instantly produced a token in order to admonish the Bodhisattva Mahâsattva Gadgadasvara (and said): Come, young man of good family, to this Saha-world; Mañgusrt, the prince royal, will hail thy coming. And the Bodhisattva Mahâsattva Gadgadasvara, after humbly saluting the feet of the Lord Kamaladalavimalanakshatraragasankusumitâbhigña, the Tathagata, &c., and after three times circumambulating him from left to right, vanished from the world Vairokanarasmipratimandita, along with eightyfour hundred thousand myriads of kotis of Bodhisattvas who surrounded and followed him, and arrived at this Saha-world, among a stir of Buddhafields, a rain of lotuses, a noise of hundred thousands of myriads of kotis of musical instruments. His face showed eyes resembling blue lotuses, his body was gold-coloured, his person marked by a hundred thousand of holy signs; he sparkled with lustre, glowed with radiance, had limbs marked by the characteristic signs, and a body compact as Nârâyana's. Mounted on a tower made of seven precious substances, he moved through the sky to a height of seven Tâlas', surrounded by a host of Bodhi
? Or spans. There are seven regions of winds. Vâyu, the god of wind or air, is nearly akin to Indra and Vishnu.
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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 |