Saddharma Pundarika

SR No.: 007677
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

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KALPA SÚTRA.
16. Årya Phalgumitra of the Gautama gotra. 17. Arya Dhanagiri of the Vâsishtha gotra. 18. Ârya Sivabhati of the Kautsa gotra. 19. Årya Bhadra of the Kâsyapa gotra. 20. Arya Nakshatra of the Kâsyapa gotra. 21. Årya Raksha of the Kâsyapa gotra. 22. Arya Naga of the Gautama gotra. 23. Ârya Gehila? of the Vâsishtha gotra. 24. Arya Vishnu of the Mathara gotra. 25. Årya Kalaka of the Gautama gotra. 26. Årya Sampalita and Bhadra, both of the
Gautama gotra. 27. Årya Vriddha of the Gautama gotra. 28. Ârya Sangha pålita of the Gautama gotra. 29. Årya Hastin of the Kasyapa gotra. 30. Årya Dharma of the Suvrata gotra. 31. Arya Simha of the Kasyapa gotra. 32. Årya Dharma of the Kâsyapa gotra. 33. Arya Sandilya ?
"A various reading has Getthila = Gyeshtha.
. This list in prose from 17 down to 33 is wanting in some MSS. I think that Sandilya is the same as Skandila, who was president of the council of Mathura, which seems to have been the rival of that in Valabhî; see notes to my edition of the Kalpa Sätra, P. 117.
It deserves to be noticed that the gotra of Sândilya is not given, while that of the remaining Sthaviras is specialised. This seems to prove that his name is a later addition to the list.
After the prose list all MSS. have eight gâthâs, in which the names 16–32, given above, are repeated. Instead of translating these verses, which contain little more than a string of names, I only note down the differences from the above list. After 18 is added Durgaya Krishna, a Kaulika; Nakshatra is shortened, metri causa, to Nakkha; the gotra of Sanghapalita is Kâsyapa instead of Gautama; after 30 are inserted Hasta of the Kasyapa gotra and Dharma.
After these gâthâs follow five more, which are wanting in some MSS., and are not commented upon. The last (14th) gâthâ is
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