Essays Lectures on Religion of Hindu Vol 02

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

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5. May that collective aggregate of the five Buddhas preserve you, who, for the preservation of mankind, created, from his own abode, the one light' in the supreme Lotus, named Nagavása, which sprang from the root planted by VIPAŠYÍ, which being one portion became five-fold, and which plays eternally—I adore it.
6. May that mysterious portion of PRAJNÁ as GUNYEŚWARI?, born of the Lotus with three leaves,
AVALOKITESWARA, is the Son of AMITÁBIIA. MAITREYA,
VAIROCIANA. ANANTAGANJA,
AKSIIOBIIYA. SAMANTARILADRA,
VAIROCILANA. VAJRAP MI,
AKSIOBHYA. MANJUNÁTII,
Ditto. SARVANIVARANA VISIIKAMBUÍ,
AMOGHA. KsMTIGARBILA,
RATNASAMBIIAVA. KILAGARBIIA,
AMITÁBILA. Of these the first, who is the same with PADMAPÁNI, the fourthi and the fifth, are included in original systems amongst the Dhyunibodhisattwas, but the others are of mortal origin, and, therefore, very inconsistently derived from celestial progenitors.
1 The object of invocation is the Adi Buddha, in the form of Light, manifested on the Sambhunath mountain; the flame is said to burn eternally in the centre of the hemisphere of Sambhu Chaitya.
? The Sakti of Ádi Buddha is here addressed as manifested in the element of water, the following legend is cited by Mr. Hodgson from the Sambhu Purána - "When MANJUNÁTI had let off the waters, the luminous form of Buddha appeared. MANJUNÁTu resolved to erect a temple over it, but water bubbled up so fast that he could find no foundation. On his having recourse to prayer, the Goddess GUIEŚwari appeared, and the water subsided-GUYEŚWARI, the Goddess of the hidden form, is very