Lalit Vistara

Author(s): Rajendralala Mitra
Publisher: Asiatic Society

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LALITA-VISTARA.
corts, (10) it was refreshed with the delightful breeze blowing over new blown jason.incs (11) it was being bobold by hundreds of thou. sands of millions of tons of millioos of Devas, (12) it was ditested of desires, longings, anxiety and min by the recitation of the great and widespread hymn of religion, (13) it was freed from all feelings of anger, cnnity, arrogauer, vanity, and pride, (11) it excited lovu, delight, and hilaration, and onlivened the mono'y
7. Dirkari.- ''he lasi Duddha of the twelfth procreding, or "Suramanda, Kalya, io which four Buildhas appeared. He was born at Rumavatinagura. Ilis pruts were Sudeva Káji and Sumedhyáí Desí. lle, as well as all other Buderus of this Kalpa, attaineil Bulilhalıood at. Uruvlava, vw callid Buddha-Gayá. Vis' bo' tree was the pipelin. Cantama was then a member of an illustrious Jiralanan farly in Análatinagaru."
1. Three pressions.-- Lit.":bowfuld dirt," and inay mcan dirt resulting from the body, sporch and mind.
7. Nigers, fr.-Me Xiras were : race of Dragons, who are sail to have inhabited Cylon before the advent of the last Duldha, who convertelthen during his mirunous visit to that island. They are supposed to lavboun a race of busings superior to mian, and had con. stant access to the honor of Tilra.
Yakshs. - Doms, attendants especially of K ra, the god of wodt!, employed in the core of his gardens and troasures." Tho Drahmu iourla Prince describes them as having peculiarly ugly counteaners, with two own eyes, large bellies, and long necks. The colour of their body is white ("crystal-coloured ;") anl they dro. in rou ciothes. I do not know if the Yakshas of the text aro different from there l'aurais de migods, but think nut. Gwthroun, celestial musicians, the Glendovcers of Sonnerat, The loveliest lace of all of heavenly birth."
(Curse of chama.) They have a region of their own under the hoaven of Indra, and constitute the orchiesta at all celestial coucerts.
. Arcoriling to the role of Sanskrit grammar this word ought to be written Rawanunugure, or Ramyati Mwan: the eque remark applies to Amarácalinayara.
+ Turnour's Makouns, p. xxvii.