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offering single measure, 89–92
See also community of monks
alpeśākhya, 352n47
altars. See shrines
ambrosia, divine, xxix, 159, 160
Ānanda, 167
on Buddha’s smile, 51–53, 324–25
Jyotiṣka and, 61
on Maudgalyāyana, 96–97
Panthaka and, 210, 213, 229–30, 232
previous life as tiger cub, 194
Anaṅgaṇa, 74–75, 76
grief of, 79–80
harsh speech of, 78, 82, 363–64n195
An āthapiṇḍada, 3, 83, 176, 181, 197, 201
Anavatapta lake, 158
Andhaka kings, 310
animal realm, 43, 285, 294, 346, 354
on five-sectioned wheel, 97, 99, 100, 101
prediction of rebirth in, 323
rebirth in, 17, 323
suffering of, 95, 96
animals
charity toward, 189, 191
as metaphors for Buddha, 53, 54
rebirth of, 174
teaching dharma to, xxx, 172, 390n469
See also birds; cattle; crocodiles; oxen; thoroughbred horse; tigress
anunayavacana, 357n106
Anupamā, xxxi
birth of, 241
as blacksmith’s daughter, 251
Buddha and, 247
fresh appearance of, 271–72, 277–78
as husband-eating demon, 259
imprisonment of, 271, 422n896
self-loathing of, 248
and Śyāmāvatī, rivalry with, 260–65
antigods, 54, 83, 93, 131, 133, 181, 191, 195, 345
Aparagodā nīya (continent), 97, 346
application, path of, 17
arhatship, xxvii, 58–59, 180, 216, 295, 363–64n195
of Dharmaruci, 17–18
of farmers, five hundred, 171, 172, 174
fervent aspiration for, 164–65, 388n449
of former young nāga, 158–59
of Gautama, 47
of Jyotiṣka, 72–73, 82
of Mahāpanthaka, 206–7
of merchants/monks, five hundred, 8, 9
omniscience in, 328
of one thousand noble sons, 152–53
of Panthaka, 211–12
of Rudrāyaṇa, 319–20, 339
of Saṅgharakṣita, 150–51, 163, 165
of Tiṣya and Puṣya, 296
armies
of Candraprabha, 118
fourfold, 118, 238, 271, 291–92, 294–95, 298, 304
of Śikhaṇḍin, 313, 330
See also rebellions
armor, jeweled, 289, 290
arrow, poisoned, 341, 342
aspirations, fervent, 355n69
of Anaṅgaṇa, 82
of Candraprabha, 131
of deer hunter, 342
of five hundred monks, 8–9
of guildmaster and powerful fighter, 23–24
of hut-burning palace women, 273–74
of Jyotiṣka, 82
of novice bowl-carrier, 160–61, 387n441
of Sahasodgata, 115
of Sandhāna’s daughter, 277
of Saṅgharakṣita in previous life, xxx, 164–65, 388n449
of Yaśodhar ā in previous life, 28–29, 32–33, 355n69
assassins, 317, 318–21, 325
asthiśakala, 352n37
aśvājaneya, 409n733
Aśvajit, 54
atikrānta and abhikrānta, 368n245
attachment
dangers of, 267–68
freedom from, 243, 244, 245
of kings, 309
purification of, 198, 211
to sense objects, 247–48
symbol of, 97
attention, focusing, 114, 299, 334, 336, 430n1003
Avadānakalpalatā (Kṣemendra), 394n540
Avalokiteśvara. See Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara
Avīci hell, 320, 321, 326, 327, 346, 443n1186. See also hells
awakening, seven factors of. See seven factors of awakening
B
B ālāha (divine horse), 254, 417n828, 418n842
Balasena, 112–14
Bandhumān, King, 74, 75–76, 77, 81, 363–64n195
Bandhumatī (capital), 74, 75, 77, 78, 81
Bandhumatīyaka Forest, 74, 75
baṇikśreṣṭḥin, 352n43
banners and flags, 48, 118, 334, 391n490
at holy sites, 119, 123, 132, 341
merit from, 179
welcoming, 29, 78, 130
Bāṣpa, 54
baths, ritual, 63, 188, 199, 202, 203, 205, 304
beans of Mūṣik āhairaṇyaka, 221, 222, 404n667
beds, 307
Buddha’s, 243
four-jeweled, 25
gift of, 198
specially prepared, 143, 144, 145,
beggars, as dear to Buddha, 182
beings
in realms of existence, 345, 346–47
sentient, benefiting, 190, 339
unusual forms of, 147, 153–55
Bhadraśilā (capital), 118–20, 121, 123, 124, 125–27, 129, 130, 133
Bhadrika, 54
bhagavato ’ntike, 351n20
Bhāgīrathī River, 292
Bharat Kala Bhavan, 350–51n16
Bhiru, 287, 330
escape of, 331–32, 333, 339, 342, 344, 439n1130
Śikha ṇḍin and, 303, 312–13, 314, 315, 326, 329
variant names of, 427n952, 439n1127
Bhiruka/Bhirukaccha (city), 333, 439n1129
Bhūrika, 46–47
Bimbisāra, King, 287, 361n154
Jyotiṣka and, xxviii, 58, 59, 61–63, 67–70, 361n154
Rudrāyaṇa and, xxxi–xxxii, 287–91, 293, 294, 297–98, 304–8, 312
at Śītavana, 56
Vāsava as, 34
birds
in Bhadraśilā, 118, 119
carrion-eating, 257
eagle and goose, 53
heavenly, 83, 93, 131, 133, 181, 191, 195
partridges, 261–62
to tell time, 69–70
See also Suparṇin (bird king); Uccaṅgama (bird)
blacksmith and craftsman, 249–51
blindness, curing, 219, 403n653
Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, 418n842
Bodhisattva Maitreya, 131, 194, 376n329, 395n551
bodhisattvas, 24, 34, 42, 87–88, 131, 188–89, 194, 376n329, 395n551, 418n842
See also Candraprabha, King
Borobudur panels, 426n949, 442n1166
bowls
begging, turning into iron hammers, 143
bracelets as rest for, 277, 423n916
brass, 333, 335–36, 441n1155
sandalwood, 62–64
types of, 64, 307
Brahmā, 54, 84, 131, 182, 189, 239
Brahmā world, 117, 129, 132
Brahmadatta, King, 235, 236, 238–39, 272, 273, 275, 410nn745–46
Brahmā-like voice, 198, 245
brahmans
blind, 217–19
duties of, 9, 158, 203, 398n586
five hundred young, 190, 205–6
education of, 202–3, 204, 398n583, 398n584
of Kṣemāvatī, 21–22
seers with Brahmaprabha, 190–91, 194
skilled in omens, 85–86, 187
verses concerning, 149
Viśvāmitra’s disciples, 125–26
See also Brahmaprabha; Mahāpanthaka; Mati; Panthaka; Raudrākṣa; Sumati; Uttara
Brahmaprabha, xxx, 189–93, 194, 395n544
Brahmāvatī pond, 239
brilliance. See radiance
Buddha Dīpaṅkara, xxvii, 24–25, 27, 29–34
Buddha Kanakamuni, 140
Buddha Kāśyapa, xxx, 140, 157–58, 160, 173, 227, 362n165
burial site of, xxx, 175–76
disciples of, xxix, 144–46, 154–55, 382n386
five hundred monks of, 8–9, 174
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nbsp; prediction of, 164–65, 388n449
Buddha Krakucchanda, xxvii, 34–35, 140
Buddha Kṣemaṅkara, xxvii, 19, 20, 21
Buddha Śākyamuni, xxx, 9, 84, 140, 388n449
on actions resulting in unusual beings, 153–55
on Agrajyoti, 45, 46
alms offering, refraining from, 280, 424n928
audiences of, types of beings in, 83, 93, 133, 181, 195
beauty of, 54, 167, 170, 175
as bodhisattva, 42–43
as Brahmaprabha, 194
and Candraprabhā, discourse to, 300
as Candraprabha, 133, 193
on charity, 84, 92–93, 182, 194–95
desire, lack of, 246–48
disciples of, great, 54. See also Ānanda; Maudgalyāyana; Śāriputra
on fire in women’s quarters, 266–67
on five-sectioned wheel, 97–98
footprints of, 244
gaze of, 245, 246
Ghoṣila and, 279–80
on gift for Rudrā yaṇa, 290–92
gift of one thousand new disciples for, 152
as guildmaster, 19–24, 226, 352n43
householder’s son (Sahasodgata) and, 104, 105–6, 108, 110–12, 115
Jīvaka Kumārabhūta and, 229–33
journey to Śītavana, 52–53, 54–56
Jyotiṣka and, 61, 71–72
in Kalmāṣadamya, 242
as Kanakavarṇa, 92–93
on Maudgalyāyana, 96–97
Mahāpanthaka and, 202
as monk who knew Tripiṭaka, 42–43
on offering instructions, 283–85
omniscience of, 177, 178–79
painting of, 290–91
Panthaka and, 209–10, 213, 216–17
power of name of, 6–8
prediction about, 292–93
request to Saṅgharakṣita, 139
on requesting dharma, 136–37
rice gruel offering to, 167–69
Rudrāyaṇa and, 306, 317
as Rūpā vatī, 193
selects Kātyāyana for Roruka, 294
selects Śailā for palace women, 297
as Siṃhala, 259
similes for, 53–54, 359n134
smile of, 50, 52, 56–57, 321, 324
Timiṅgila and, 7
at Toyika, 174–76
verse of praise to, 293
as young craftsman, 251
Buddha Śikhin, 140
Buddha Suprabha, 194
Buddha Vipaśyin, xxviii, 73–77, 79, 81–82, 140
Buddha Viśvabhū, 140
Buddharakṣita, 137, 138
buddhas
abstaining from alms, five reasons for, 280, 424n929
activity of, 248, 415n803
descriptions of, 19, 24, 34–35, 73–74, 83–84, 157, 164, 173, 181–82, 227
inconceivability of, 180
mundane thoughts of, 176
presence of, 229
qualities of, 48–49, 52
seeing, never tiring of, 290
seeing, rarity of, 301
teaching methods of, 210, 400n608
vision of, 49
wonderful occurrences of, 30–31
See also solitary buddhas
Buddhism, four seals of, 51, 322, 390n469
C
Campā (city), 64
campaka tree, ever-blossoming, 130, 132, 378n328
Candraprabha, King, xxviii–xxix, 193
affection of his subjects for, 121
death and cremation of, 132–33
description of, 119
generosity of, 119–20, 122, 123, 124
rebirth as Brahmaprabha, 189
rebirth of subjects, 132, 133
Rūpāvata as, xxx, 186–89
sacrifices of, 126–32, 134, 189
Candraprabhā, Queen, 193, 287, 298–302, 395n548, 437n1099
Candraprabhabodhisattvacaryā-avadāna, xxviii–xxix, 117–34
capitals. See Bandhumatī; Bhadraśilā; Dīpāvatī; Kanakāvatī; Kṣemāvatī; Siṃhakalpā; Śobhāvatī; Utpalāvatī
caravan leaders, 107–8
epithet for Buddha, 53, 179
with five hundred horses, 233–34, 235, 236, 239–40
Mūṣikāhairaṇyaka as, 223–24
Siṃhaka, 252
Siṃhala as, 253–56, 257–58
caste, x, 60, 205, 284, 361n158
cats, rebirth of Tiṣya and Puṣya as, 326, 328–29
cattle, xxx, 74, 252, 272, 275. See also cows with golden horns; oxen
cattle prod, 175, 390n479
celestial musicians, 53, 83, 93, 131, 133, 181, 284, 347
“Chapter on Brahmans” (Brāhmaṇavarga), 149, 383n399
charity
of Candraprabha, xxviii–xxix, 119–20, 122, 123, 124
in Kanakavarṇa-avadāna, xxviii, 90–92
result of and consequence of offering, 84, 92–93, 182, 194–95
of Rūpāvatī, xxx, 184
thirty-seven ways of offering, xxxi, 197–99, 396n561
circumambulation, 176–77, 190, 301–2, 326, 323–24, 328
cities. See Bhiruka/Bhirukaccha; Campā; Hirukam; Kauśāmbī; Lambakapāla; Pāṭaliputra; Puṣkalāvata; Rājagṛha; Roruka; Śrāvastī; Takṣaśilā; Vārāṇasī; Vokkāṇa
cloth, twin pieces of, 64–67
community of monks, 29, 54, 83, 117, 170, 181, 197, 295
of Buddha Kṣemaṅkara, 19
of Buddha Vipaśyin, 75-77, 79, 81-82
causing fights within, prohibition on, 144
feeding, 13, 15, 81-82, 101, 102, 104, 105–6, 107, 108, 110-11, 229–32, 279–81
offerings to, 62, 75
refuge in, 169, 283
two assemblies of, 208
See also monasticism
compassion
of Buddha Śākyamuni, 54, 152, 168, 306
of buddhas, 48–49, 54
of Candraprabha, 123, 124, 126–27, 128, 132, 134
gifts given out of, 105, 199
in Śikhaṇḍin’s words, 316
of solitary buddhas, 89, 113, 114–15, 273–74, 276, 278, 340–41, 343
of Viśvāmitra, 125
confidences, four. See four confidences
confusion, gifts that remove, 197
Connected Sayings (Saṃyuktāgama), 140
constellations, 53, 85–86, 187, 364n202
continents. See Aparagodānīya; Jambudvīpa; Pūrvavideha; Uttarakuru
coronations, 168, 170, 238, 284, 303, 421n772, 412n775, 425–26n943
cosmology, Buddhist, 50–52, 321–24, 345–47
cotton, rain of, 92
cows with golden horns, 120
cremations, xxvii, 57–58, 82, 132, 205, 312, 341, 363–64n195, 435n1065
cremation grounds, 48, 52–53, 54–58, 189, 194, 205, 265
crocodiles, 5, 224, 406n692
crossing over, 48, 111, 131, 168–69, 192, 282–83, 368n245
crowning ritual, 199, 397n568
Cūḍāpakṣa-avadāna, xxxi, 201–40
cultivation, path of, 17
cup, beings in form of, 147, 153, 154, 385n420
D
Dānādhikaraṇa-mahāyānasūtra, xxxi, 197–99, 396n559
dangers, eight, 285–86, 426nn947–48
Da śabala Kāśyapa (monk), 63, 362n165
daughters-in-law, twelve, 217–19
dawn, stages of, 284
day laborers, xxviii, 102–4, 106, 109, 112, 114, 115, 367n230
death
cultivating consciousness of, 299
facing, 6–7
inevitability of, 310–12
as punishment, 313
signs indicating, 299
verse spoken at, 204–5
deeds, xxviii–xxix, 103, 190, 209, 311
of Anupamā, 277–78
of Candraprabhā, 299–300
of Dharmaruci, 11, 41–43
of five hundred farmers, 172–74
of
five hundred merchants, 8–9
good and evil, fruits of, 195
of Jyotiṣka, 73
of Kubjottarā, 274–75, 277
leading to five realms, 99–100
maturity of, 93, 103, 112, 114, 195
meritorious, 27–28, 119, 186, 239, 303, 393n516. See also merit
of misbehaving monks, 143–46
of Panthaka, xxxi, 226–27
rebirth and, 99–100
in Roruka’s shower of dirt, 331, 333, 342–43
of Sahasodgata, 112
of Saṅgharakṣita, 163
sinful, 208, 215–16
of solitary buddhas, 88–89, 90, 114–15, 273, 341
of Śyāmāvatī and retinue, 265, 272
See also karma; miraculous deeds
deer hunter, 340–42
deities, 6, 25, 302
of Bhadraśilā, 126–27, 129
of Gandhamādana, 124
of Kanakā vatī, 90
of Maṇiratnagarbha, 130–31, 132
of North Country, 338
requesting dharma from Saṅgharakṣita, 139, 148–50
of Roruka, 333, 334–36
in yakṣa abode, 65–66
See also gods
delusion, 97, 117, 198, 211, 266, 267, 421n876
Demon Sūtra (Rākṣasī-sūtra), 254, 417n828
demonesses, 5, 225, 254–57, 417n828
desire, 159
Buddha’s lack of, 247
freedom from, 216
mired in mud of, 115, 273
for offspring, 246, 414n797
overcoming, 149
sexual, 26, 35–36
six spheres of, 133, 347. See also divine realms
for wealth, 4, 224
See also passion
desire realm, 117, 129, 345, 346–47
Devadatta, 70, 133, 377n340
Dhanada. See Vaiśravaṇa
dharma
discourse to nāgas, 135–36
discourse to Sahasodgata, 111–12
false, 344
followers of, qualities, 149
gift of, 198
inconceivability of, 180
inspiration through small teaching, 219–20, 226
profundity of, 212, 400n616
as protection, 310
requesting, importance of, 136–37
rewards attained upon hearing, 58–59
ruling according to, 304, 336, 364n202
stinginess with, 227, 228, 407n707
teaching to women, 297–98
with three principles, 172, 390n469
Dharmaruci, xxvii, 358n116
with Buddha, 16–17, 18–19, 24, 34, 43, 352n37
committing three deadly sins, 35–43
arhatship of, 17–18
and householder donor, 13–15, 352n39
as Mati, 25–26, 32, 33–34
as powerful fighter, 21–22, 23–24
satisfaction of, 10–11, 12–13, 15, 16, 352n39
Dharmaruci-avadāna, xxvii, 3–43
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, 53, 347. See also four great kings
diamonds, 4, 225, 331, 333
Dī pa, King, 25, 27, 29, 33
Dīpaṅkara. See Buddha Dīpaṅkara