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Mahapaingya, worshipped at the Tarpana, 29, 123, 220. Maha parinibbâna Sutta(nta), 'The Book of the Great Decease,' 11, ix, xxix-xlviii, 1-136; date of the M., 11, x-xx, 19 n., 67 n., 92 n.; title and divisions of the M., 11, xxxii sq.; summaries and parallel passages from other parts of the Tipitaka, in the M., 11, xxxiii-xxxvi; Chinese translation of the M. or of works based on it, 11, xxxvi-xxxix; 19, 251 n., 257 n., 365; legend of Maha Sudassana in the M., the Gâtakas, and the Mahâ-SudassanaSutta, 11, 288 sq. Mahâparinirvana, see Nirvana. Maha Patâpa, King, Devadatta as, 35, 290.
Mahaprabha, n. of a Tathagata, 49 (ii), 100. Mahapragâpatî, see Mahâpagâpatî. Mahapragnâ-pâramitâ-sutra, Vagrakkhedikâ, a portion of the, 49 (ii),
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Mahâpratibhâna, a Bodhisattva Mahâsattva, 21, 4, 228 sqq., 255Mahâpûrna, one of the Garuda chiefs, 21, 6. Mahârâga, a class of gods, 7, 293 sq. and n.; Bali offering to M. at the house-building rite, 30, 123. See also King. Mahâratnaketu, n. of a Tathagata, 49 (ii), 100. Maharatnapratimandita, n. of an aeon, 21, 66.
Maharddhikas, gods, 22, 195. Maharddhiprâpta, one of the Garuda chiefs, 21, 6. Mahâr/iskandha, n. of a Tathâgata, 49 (ii), 100.
Mahârûpa, n. of the sphere in which the Buddha Mahâbhigñâgñânâbhibhû appeared, 21, 153. Mahâsâla Gâbâla, Aupamanyava, n.p., 43, 331, 393, 395. Mahâsambhava, n. of a Buddhafield, 21, 354 sq. Mahâsena, a god, reborn as Nâgasena, 35, 11-14. Mahasthâma, and Avalokitesvara, 49 (ii), 176, 179, 197; meditation on M., 49 (ii), 184-7, 200. Mahasthâmaprâpta, a Bodhisattva Mahâsattva, 21, 4, 354-60; 49 (ii), 52.
Mahâsudarsa, a king, who retired into the forest with his wife, 49 (i), 87 sq. Mahâ-Sudassana, a king of kings, whose royal city was Kusâvatî, 11, 100. See also Sudassana. Mahâ-Sudassana Gâtaka, translated, 11, 237-41, 288 sq. n. Maha-Sudassana-Sutta(nta), the Legend of the Great King of Glory, 11, x, xiv, 99 n., 101 n., 235-89. Mahâsûktas, and Kshudrasûktas, the hymns and poets of the tenth Mandala of the Rig-veda, 1, 217. Mahâsuvratâ, at the head of the female lay votaries under Arishtanemi, 22, 278.
Mahat, Sk., t.t., of Sâmkhya philosophy, see Great One. Mahâtamâlapatra/andana - kardama, the 62nd Tathagata, 49 (ii), 7. Mahâtegas, one of the Garuda chiefs, 21, 6.
Mahaudavâhi, worshipped at the Tarpana, 29, 123, 220. Maha-vagga, of Sutta-nipâta, 10 (ii), 67-145. Mahâ-vagga, of the Vinaya-pitaka, prophecy of the future greatness of Pâtaliputta in the, 11, xv, 19 n.; M. and Mahâ-parinibbâna-Sutta, 11, xxxiv; translated, 13, 71-355; 17,
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Mahâvamsa, t.w., on the Tipitaka, 10 (i), xii sqq.; its date, 10 (i), xiii; founded on the Sinhalese Atthakathâs, 10 (i), xiii, xvi sq.; its author Mahânâma, 10 (i), xv-xx; account of Buddhaghosa in the M., 10 (i), xxisqq.; Assagutta and the Vattaniya Hermitage in the M., 36, xviii sq. Mahâvana, at Vesâli, 11, 59 sq. Mahâvideha, Maliâvîra's parents will reach Nirvâna in, 22, 194. Mahâvikrâmin, a Bodhisattva Mahâsattva, 21, 4. Mahâvîra, date of his death, 10 (i), xli sq.; founder of the Gaina church, his birthplace and parentage, 22, xxv; his connexion with the feudal aristocracy, a cause of his success, 22, xiii; his names Vardhamâna, Gnâtriputra, Nâtaputta, 22, xiv sq., XV n., 192-4, 249, 255 sq.; lite of M., 22, xv-xviii, 189-202, 21770; a contemporary of Buddha, 22,
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