Page Text
________________
SADDHARMA-PUN
sattva' Mañgusri, as prince royal2; the Bodhisattvas Mahâsattvas Avalokitesvara, Mahâsthâmaprâpta, Sarvârthanâman, Nityodyukta, Anikshiptadhura, Ratnapâni, Bhaishagyaraga, Pradanasûra, Ratnakandra, Ratnaprabha, Purnakandra, Mahavikrâmin, Trailokavikrâmin, Anantavikrâmin, Mahápratibhana, Satatasamitabhiyukta, Dharanidhara", Akshayamati, Padmasri, Nakshatraraga, the Bodhisattva Mahâsattva Maitreya, the Bodhisattva Mahâsattva Simha.
With them were also the sixteen virtuous men to begin with Bhadrapala, to wit, Bhadrapala, Ratnakara, Susârthavâha, Naradatta 4, Guhagupta, Varunadatta, Indradatta, Uttaramati, Viseshamati, Vardhamânamati, Amoghadarsin, Susamsthita, Suvikrântavikrâmin, Anupamamati, Süryagarbha, and Dharanidhara; besides eighty thousand Bodhisattvas, among whom the fore-mentioned were the chiefs ; further Sakra, the ruler of the celestials, with twenty thousand gods, his followers, such as the god Kandra (the Moon), the god Surya (the Sun), the god Samantagandha (the Wind), the god Ratnaprabha, the god Avabhâsaprabha, and others; further, the four great rulers of the cardinal points with thirty thousand gods in their train, viz. the great ruler Virûdhaka, the great ruler Virūpâksha, the great ruler Dhritarashtra, and the great ruler Vaisravana ; the god Isvara and the god Mahesvara", each followed by thirty thousand gods; further,
1 I.e. a great being. . ? Or, still a youth,' kumârabhůta.
3 In chap. XXIV he occurs as Bodhisattva Mahâsattva Dharanîndhara.
• Burnouf has Ratnadatta. 6 The distinction between Isvara and Mahesvara, both mere
Digitized by Google
| 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 |