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1These words of charms and spells, O Lord, have been pronounced by reverend Buddhas (in number) 1 Dharanipadani. * In giving these words I have followed the Camb. MS., even where the readings would seem to be incorrect. 5 The list in Burnouf’s translation seems in many respects more correct; it is as follows: anye manye, arau parau amane mamane Aitte Aarite; same samita visinte, mukte muktatame same avisamasame, gaye kshaye akshaye akshize sAnte samite dharani flokabhise pratyavekshami dhiru viviru abhyantaranivish/e abhyantaraparisuddhi, utkule mukule arade parade sukankshi asamasame buddhivilokite dharmaparikshite pratyavekshami sanghanirghoshami nirghosha#i bhayavisodhani mantre mantrakshayate rutakausalya akshayavanata vakkulavaloka amanyatdye. All these words are, or ought to be, feminine words in the vocative. I take them to be epithets of the Great Mother, Nature or Earth, differently called Aditi, Praga, Maya, Bhavani, Durga. Anya may be identified with the Vedic anya, inexhaustible, and synonymous with aditi. Most of the other terms may be explained as synonymous with prag#4 (e.g. pratyavekshazi), with nature (kshaye akshaye), with the earth (dh4rani). Bb2 372 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXI. equal to the sands of sixty-two Ganges rivers. All these Buddhas would be offended by any one who would attack such preachers, such keepers of the Sitranta. The Lord expressed his approval to the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Bhaishagyaraga by saying: Very well, Bhaishagyaraéga, by those talismanic words being pronounced out of compassion for creatures, the common weal of creatures is promoted; their guard, defence, and protection is secured. Thereupon the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Pradanastra said unto the Lord: I also, O Lord, will, for the benefit of such preachers, give them talismanic words, that no one seeking for an occasion to surprise such preachers may find the occasion, be it a demon, giant, goblin, sorcerer, imp or ghost; that none of these when seeking and spying for an occasion to surprise may find the occasion. And then the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Pradanasfra instantly pronounced the following words of a spell: gvale mahagvale, ukke mukke, ade adAvati, trztye trzty4vati, itini vi¢ini Ritini, tretti trityAvati sv4h4'. These talismanic words, O Lord, have been pronounced and approved by Tath4gatas, &c. (in number) equal to the sands of the river Ganges. All those Tathagatas would be offended by any one who would attack such preachers. * With Burnouf: gvale mah4gvale ukke mukke ate atAvati nritye nritydvati; i/ni vi/fini &vAni nrity4vati svaha. These terms are obviously names of the flame, mythologically called Agni’s wife, the daughter of Daksha. As Siva may be identified with Agni, the feminine words again are epithets of Durga. Gvala and Mah4gvala are perfectly clear; ukka is the Prakrit form of Sanskrit ulka. XXI. SPELLS, 373
2These terms are obviously names of the flame, mythologically called Agni’s wife, the daughter of Daksha. As Siva may be identified with Agni, the feminine words again are epithets of Durga. Gvala and Mah4gvala are perfectly clear; ukka is the Prakrit form of Sanskrit ulka. XXI. SPELLS, 373 Thereupon Vaisravaza, one of the four rulers of the cardinal points, said unto the Lord: I also, O Lord, will pronounce talismanic words for the benefit and weal of those preachers, out of compassion to them, for their guard, defence, and protection: a/te naffe vanad¢fe anade, nadi kunadi svaha%. With these spells, O Lord, I shall guard those preachers over an extent of a hundred yoganas. Thus will those young men or young ladies of good family, who keep this Siatranta, be guarded, be safe. At that meeting was present Virdd/aka, another of the four rulers of the cardinal points, sitting surrounded and attended by hundred thousands of myriads of kofis of Kumbhazdas. He rose from his seat, put his upper robe upon one shoulder, lifted his joined hands up to the Lord, and spoke to him as follows: I also, O Lord, will pronounce talismanic words for the benefit of people at large, and to guard, defend, protect such preachers as are qualified, who keep the Sdtranta as mentioned; viz. agave gaze gauri gandhéri Aazdali m&tangi pukkasi sankule vrosali svih42, These talismanic words, O Lord, have been pronounced by forty-two hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of Buddhas. All those Buddhas would be offended by any one who would attack such preachers as are qualified. Thereupon the giantesses called Lamba, Vilam' 43, 1 Burnouf has affe haf/e naffe, &c. % The list in Burnouf differs but slightly; a. g. g. gandhari kAndali m. pukkasi s. vrilasisis. Vrdsalf or rather vrusali must be the Sanskrit vr#shalf. Gauri, Kandalika, M4tangt are known from elsewhere as epithets of Durg4; Pukkast and Vrishalf denote nearly the same as Kandali and MAtangt. § With Burnouf, Pralamba. . 374 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXI.
3pukkasi s. vrilasisis. Vrdsalf or rather vrusali must be the Sanskrit vr#shalf. Gauri, Kandalika, M4tangt are known from elsewhere as epithets of Durg4; Pukkast and Vrishalf denote nearly the same as Kandali and MAtangt. § With Burnouf, Pralamba. . 374 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXI. Kd¢adantt, Pushpadanti, Maku¢adanti’, Kesint, AZala, Méaladhért, Kuntt, Sarvasattvogahart*, and HAritt, all with their children and suite went up to the place where the Lord was, and with one voice said unto him: We also, O Lord, will afford guard, defence, and protection to such preachers as keep this Sdtranta; we will afford them safety, that no one seeking for an occasion to surprise those preachers may find the occasion. And the giantesses all simultaneously and in a chorus gave to the Lord the following words of spells: iti me, iti me, iti me, iti me, iti me; nime nime nime nime nime; ruhe ruhe ruhe ruhe ruhe; stuhe stuhe stuhe stuhe stuhe, svaha. No one shall overpower and hurt such preachers; no goblin, giant, ghost, devil, imp, sorcerer, spectre, gnome; no spirit causing epilepsy, no sorcerer of goblin race, no sorcerer of not-human race, no sorcerer of human race; no sorcerer producing tertian ague, quartian ague, quotidian ague. Even if in his dreams he has visions of women, men, boys or girls, it shall be impossible that they hurt him. And the giantesses simultaneously and in a chorus addressed the Lord with the following stanzas : 1. His head shall be split into seven pieces, like a sprout of Symplocos Racemosa, who after hearing this spell would attack a preacher. 2. He shall go the way of parricides and matricides, who would attack a preacher. 3. He shall go the way of oil-millers and sesamumpounders, who would attack a preacher. 1 Burnouf has Mafutafandi. ? Burnouf better, Sarvasattvaugohari. XXI. SPELLS. 375 4. He shall go the way of those who use false weights and measures, who would attack a preacher. Thereafter the giantesses headed by Kuntt said unto the Lord: We also, O Lord, will afford protection to such preachers ; we will procure them safety; we will protect them against assault and poison. Whereupon the Lord said to those giantesses : Very well, sisters, very well; you do well in affording guard, defence, and protection to those preachers, even to such who shall keep no more than the name of this Dharmapary4ya; how much more then to those who shall keep this DharmaparyAya wholly and entirely, or who, possessing the text of it in a volume, honour it with flowers, incense, fragrant garlands, ointment, powder, cloth, flags, banners, lamps with sesamum oil, lamps with scented oil, lamps with Aampaka-scented oil, with V4rshikascented oil, with lotus-scented oil, with jasminescented oil; who by such-like manifold hundred thousand manners of worshipping shall honour, respect, revere, venerate (this Sdtra), deserve to be guarded by thee and thy suite, Kuntt!
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1These words of charms and spells, O Lord, have been pronounced by reverend Buddhas (in number) 1 Dharanipadani. * In giving these words I have followed the Camb. MS., even where the readings would seem to be incorrect. 5 The list in Burnouf’s translation seems in many respects more correct; it is as follows: anye manye, arau parau amane mamane Aitte Aarite; same samita visinte, mukte muktatame same avisamasame, gaye kshaye akshaye akshize sAnte samite dharani flokabhise pratyavekshami dhiru viviru abhyantaranivish/e abhyantaraparisuddhi, utkule mukule arade parade sukankshi asamasame buddhivilokite dharmaparikshite pratyavekshami sanghanirghoshami nirghosha#i bhayavisodhani mantre mantrakshayate rutakausalya akshayavanata vakkulavaloka amanyatdye. All these words are, or ought to be, feminine words in the vocative. I take them to be epithets of the Great Mother, Nature or Earth, differently called Aditi, Praga, Maya, Bhavani, Durga. Anya may be identified with the Vedic anya, inexhaustible, and synonymous with aditi. Most of the other terms may be explained as synonymous with prag#4 (e.g. pratyavekshazi), with nature (kshaye akshaye), with the earth (dh4rani). Bb2 372 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXI. equal to the sands of sixty-two Ganges rivers. All these Buddhas would be offended by any one who would attack such preachers, such keepers of the Sitranta. The Lord expressed his approval to the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Bhaishagyaraga by saying: Very well, Bhaishagyaraéga, by those talismanic words being pronounced out of compassion for creatures, the common weal of creatures is promoted; their guard, defence, and protection is secured. Thereupon the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Pradanastra said unto the Lord: I also, O Lord, will, for the benefit of such preachers, give them talismanic words, that no one seeking for an occasion to surprise such preachers may find the occasion, be it a demon, giant, goblin, sorcerer, imp or ghost; that none of these when seeking and spying for an occasion to surprise may find the occasion. And then the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Pradanasfra instantly pronounced the following words of a spell: gvale mahagvale, ukke mukke, ade adAvati, trztye trzty4vati, itini vi¢ini Ritini, tretti trityAvati sv4h4'. These talismanic words, O Lord, have been pronounced and approved by Tath4gatas, &c. (in number) equal to the sands of the river Ganges. All those Tathagatas would be offended by any one who would attack such preachers. * With Burnouf: gvale mah4gvale ukke mukke ate atAvati nritye nritydvati; i/ni vi/fini &vAni nrity4vati svaha. These terms are obviously names of the flame, mythologically called Agni’s wife, the daughter of Daksha. As Siva may be identified with Agni, the feminine words again are epithets of Durga. Gvala and Mah4gvala are perfectly clear; ukka is the Prakrit form of Sanskrit ulka. XXI. SPELLS, 373
2These terms are obviously names of the flame, mythologically called Agni’s wife, the daughter of Daksha. As Siva may be identified with Agni, the feminine words again are epithets of Durga. Gvala and Mah4gvala are perfectly clear; ukka is the Prakrit form of Sanskrit ulka. XXI. SPELLS, 373 Thereupon Vaisravaza, one of the four rulers of the cardinal points, said unto the Lord: I also, O Lord, will pronounce talismanic words for the benefit and weal of those preachers, out of compassion to them, for their guard, defence, and protection: a/te naffe vanad¢fe anade, nadi kunadi svaha%. With these spells, O Lord, I shall guard those preachers over an extent of a hundred yoganas. Thus will those young men or young ladies of good family, who keep this Siatranta, be guarded, be safe. At that meeting was present Virdd/aka, another of the four rulers of the cardinal points, sitting surrounded and attended by hundred thousands of myriads of kofis of Kumbhazdas. He rose from his seat, put his upper robe upon one shoulder, lifted his joined hands up to the Lord, and spoke to him as follows: I also, O Lord, will pronounce talismanic words for the benefit of people at large, and to guard, defend, protect such preachers as are qualified, who keep the Sdtranta as mentioned; viz. agave gaze gauri gandhéri Aazdali m&tangi pukkasi sankule vrosali svih42, These talismanic words, O Lord, have been pronounced by forty-two hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of Buddhas. All those Buddhas would be offended by any one who would attack such preachers as are qualified. Thereupon the giantesses called Lamba, Vilam' 43, 1 Burnouf has affe haf/e naffe, &c. % The list in Burnouf differs but slightly; a. g. g. gandhari kAndali m. pukkasi s. vrilasisis. Vrdsalf or rather vrusali must be the Sanskrit vr#shalf. Gauri, Kandalika, M4tangt are known from elsewhere as epithets of Durg4; Pukkast and Vrishalf denote nearly the same as Kandali and MAtangt. § With Burnouf, Pralamba. . 374 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXI.
3pukkasi s. vrilasisis. Vrdsalf or rather vrusali must be the Sanskrit vr#shalf. Gauri, Kandalika, M4tangt are known from elsewhere as epithets of Durg4; Pukkast and Vrishalf denote nearly the same as Kandali and MAtangt. § With Burnouf, Pralamba. . 374 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXI. Kd¢adantt, Pushpadanti, Maku¢adanti’, Kesint, AZala, Méaladhért, Kuntt, Sarvasattvogahart*, and HAritt, all with their children and suite went up to the place where the Lord was, and with one voice said unto him: We also, O Lord, will afford guard, defence, and protection to such preachers as keep this Sdtranta; we will afford them safety, that no one seeking for an occasion to surprise those preachers may find the occasion. And the giantesses all simultaneously and in a chorus gave to the Lord the following words of spells: iti me, iti me, iti me, iti me, iti me; nime nime nime nime nime; ruhe ruhe ruhe ruhe ruhe; stuhe stuhe stuhe stuhe stuhe, svaha. No one shall overpower and hurt such preachers; no goblin, giant, ghost, devil, imp, sorcerer, spectre, gnome; no spirit causing epilepsy, no sorcerer of goblin race, no sorcerer of not-human race, no sorcerer of human race; no sorcerer producing tertian ague, quartian ague, quotidian ague. Even if in his dreams he has visions of women, men, boys or girls, it shall be impossible that they hurt him. And the giantesses simultaneously and in a chorus addressed the Lord with the following stanzas : 1. His head shall be split into seven pieces, like a sprout of Symplocos Racemosa, who after hearing this spell would attack a preacher. 2. He shall go the way of parricides and matricides, who would attack a preacher. 3. He shall go the way of oil-millers and sesamumpounders, who would attack a preacher. 1 Burnouf has Mafutafandi. ? Burnouf better, Sarvasattvaugohari. XXI. SPELLS. 375 4. He shall go the way of those who use false weights and measures, who would attack a preacher. Thereafter the giantesses headed by Kuntt said unto the Lord: We also, O Lord, will afford protection to such preachers ; we will procure them safety; we will protect them against assault and poison. Whereupon the Lord said to those giantesses : Very well, sisters, very well; you do well in affording guard, defence, and protection to those preachers, even to such who shall keep no more than the name of this Dharmapary4ya; how much more then to those who shall keep this DharmaparyAya wholly and entirely, or who, possessing the text of it in a volume, honour it with flowers, incense, fragrant garlands, ointment, powder, cloth, flags, banners, lamps with sesamum oil, lamps with scented oil, lamps with Aampaka-scented oil, with V4rshikascented oil, with lotus-scented oil, with jasminescented oil; who by such-like manifold hundred thousand manners of worshipping shall honour, respect, revere, venerate (this Sdtra), deserve to be guarded by thee and thy suite, Kuntt!
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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