Essays Lectures on Religion of Hindu Vol 02

Author(s): H H Wilson
Publisher: Trubner and Company London

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BAUDDHA TRACTS FROM NEPAL.
Eighth (day of the lunar fortnight), Naipálíya Devatá Kalyána Panchavinsatiki, Twenty-five Stanzas invocatory of the favorof the Deities of Nepal—and Sapta Buldha Stotra, Praise of the seven Buddhas. The text of these traets is Sanskrit, interspersed with a gloss in Newóri, copiously infused with pure Sanskrit terms. The two latter are so short that they may be translated entire. A specimen of the first will be sufficient.
TRANSLATION. SAPTA BUDDHA STOTRA. "I adore JINENDRA, the consuming fire of sorrow, the treasure of holy knowledge, whom all revere, who bore the name Vipaśyi, who was born in the race of mighty monarchs, in the city Bandumati, who was for eighty thousand years the preceptor of gods and men, and by whom, endowed with the ten kinds of power, the degree of Jinendra was obtained at the foot of a Pátalá tree.
“I adore Sikhi, the mine of heavenly wisdom, the supreme sage who crossed the boundaries of the world, who was born of a royal race in the great city Aruna, whose life, adorned with every excellence, extended to the term of 70,000 years, by whom, out of affection for mankind, holy wisdom was obtained at the foot of a Pundarika.
"I adore VIŚWABHÚ, the friend of the universe, the king of virtue, who was born in Anupamá, of a race of illustrious monarchs, whose life lasted 60,000 years,