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ŚRUTA-SARITA
Here we may remember the importance of Purușa since the Rgveda. In various names of Visnu we find Purusottama, Purusapundarika and Puruṣavara. Gandhahasti is an epithet of the powerful elephant and Gandhagaja is found in Caraka. Lokanatha is also used for Visņu, etc. Lokapradipa is used for the Buddha in Buddhacarita of Asvaghosa.
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With this Varnaka we may compare well-known Varnaka of the Buddha which is explained in Visuddhimagga (p. 133 ) - 'सो भगवा अरहं सम्यासंबुद्धे विज्जाचरणसंपन्नो सुगतो लोकविदू अनुत्तरो पुरिसदम्मसारथी सत्था देवमनुस्सानं बुद्धो भगवा' अंगुत्तर २. २८५.
Annotations :
1. In Mahāvyutpatti one of the name of the Buddha is Vira.
2. In the Mahão Buddha is called Narottama and Sakyasimha. 3. Bodhisattva is called Gandhahasti-Mahão 704.
4. In Mahão Saranya and Sarana.
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