by Andy Rotman
of Kanakavarṇa, 85
levels of existence and, 345
locations for, 157–58, 190
of Panthaka, 212, 214, 215
perfection of, 188
of pork dealer, 228, 407n715
quiescence, 49, 168, 170
tranquility and insight, 48
as transgression, 408n717
walking, 246
memory
of Ānanda, 210
of Panthaka, 208–9, 210–11
of Sākali, 242–43
skill in, 141
merit
of brahman farmers, 169, 175
from Buddha’s image, 291
from circumambulation, 177
of donors, 146, 382n388
from honoring living or passed buddhas, equality of, 179–80
nāgas desire for, 159
from offerings, 177–79, 391n487
ploy using exhaustion of, 217–18
of Rudrāyaṇa, 298
of Sahasodgata, xxviii, 109
of Śakra, 393n516
of Sumati, 27–28, 31, 355n66
of twelve-year sacrifice, 25
See alsodeeds, meritorious
Meru, Mount, 158, 160, 179, 213, 232, 386n428
mice
dead, 221
made of jewels, 225–26
Middle Country (Madhyadeśa), 233, 254, 292, 338
Middle-Length Sayings (Madhyamāgama), 140
midwife, 201–2, 203, 398n577
mindfulness, 48, 54, 88, 148, 150, 280, 293
ministers, ix, 53, 67, 69, 83, 176, 181, 186, 278, 285, 360n142
of Bandhumān, 77, 78, 81
of Brahmadatta, 235, 236, 238, 239
of Bimbisāra, 56, 67, 287, 288, 289
of Candraprabha, xxix, 118, 122–23, 127–128, 129, 133
of Dīpa and Vāsava, 27, 29, 33, 34
of Kanakavarṇa, 85, 86, 89, 90, 91, 92
of Śikhaṇḍin, xxxii, 303, 304, 313–17, 325–30, 332–333
of Siṃhakeśarin, 256, 257, 258
of Udayana, 259–60, 263, 269, 271. See alsoMākandika
of Rudrāyaṇa, 288, 289, 291, 293, 302, 305, 306
See also Bhiru; Hiru
miraculous deeds, 115, 273, 296, 328, 341, 368n252. See alsomagical powers
Moggalī/Moggallāni, 441n1164
Mohenjodaro, 426n950
monasteries, 42, 143–46, 174, 295, 298, 381n375, 390n474
monasticism
benefits of, 100
eligibility for, 207–8
meal customs in, 143, 144, 231, 232, 367n237, 381n377, 408n722, 424n928
teaching, regulations on, 136–37, 283–85, 425n940, 426n948
See also community of monks
monks, 181
concealed virtues of, 63
evil thoughts toward, 145
five hundred of Buddha Kāśyapa, 8–9, 174
group of six, 106, 135–36, 208–9, 379n357, 379n359, 386n427, 401n621
old, that desired Anupamā, 248–49, 259
one who knew Tripiṭaka, 42–43
prohibited conduct of, 297
qualities of, 53, 149
similes for, 53–54, 359n134
two activities of, 206
See also community of monks
mortar, beings resembling, 147, 153, 154–55
mountains, seven golden, 158, 386n428
Mṛditakukṣika Forest, 62
Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya, 135, 378n348–49, 412–13n779
on abstaining from alms, 424n929
on animals, teaching dharma to, 390n469
brahman’s education in, 398n586
Nāgakumāra-avadānain, 386n426, 388n444
See also Gilgit Buddhist Manuscripts
Mūlasarvāstivādins, 383n399
Mūṣikāhairaṇyaka,
business ventures of, 220–23, 405n677
debt of, 225–26
as maritime merchant, 223–25
musical instruments, 23, 30, 121, 123–24, 125, 132, 198, 284
N
Nāgakumāra-avadāna, xxix, 157–61, 378n348–50
Nagaropama. See Simile of the Town (Nagaropama)
nāgas, xxix, 83, 93, 133, 181, 191, 195, 379n356, 426nn947–48
Buddha Kāśyapa’s skeleton, raising of, 176
evil thoughts toward, 160–61, 387n441, 388n443
Garuḍa and, 387n431
as shapeshifting monk, 135–37, 141, 157, 158–61, 379n352, 381n368, 386n427
Saṅgharakṣita and, 139–42
Timiṅgila’s corpse and, 9
Nanda, 106, 135–36
Nandana Grove, 78
needles that float, 250–51
news, bearers of, 260, 268–71, 421n881
nīlavāsas, 352n36
nine successive states of quiescence, 49
Nirgranthas, xxvii–xxviii, 45, 48, 56–58
nirv āṇa, 97, 131, 179, 180, 186, 192, 266, 397n573
of Buddha Kṣemaṅkara, 20, 21
of Buddha Śākyamuni, 22
gift that results in, 198
path to, 282, 301
remainderless, 117, 296, 328, 341
of Rudrāyaṇa, 320, 326, 443n1186
supreme security of, 100–101, 220, 226, 309
noble eightfold path, 49
nonreturners, 17, 58, 149, 180, 216, 262, 266, 295
North Country (Uttarāpatha), 118, 133, 183, 193, 233, 235, 338
no-self, 51, 172, 322
nuns, 11, 83, 93, 96, 181, 195, 329
dharma teaching of, 297
group of twelve, 213–15, 217, 219, 401n621, 401n623
instruction by Panthaka, 213, 214–16
nurses, 59, 187–88, 252, 393n520
O
ocean journeys
of Dharmaruci, 16–17
of five hundred merchants, 3–8, 106
of guildmaster, 19
of Mūṣikāhairaṇyaka, 223–24
of Mūṣikā hairaṇyaka’s father, 220
of Sahasodgata’s father, 98, 107
of Saṅgharakṣita, 139–40, 142
of Siṃhala, 253–55
offerings
of Anaṅgaṇa and Bandhumān, 75–82
benefits of, 23
to Buddha, 167–69, 181
by five hundred merchants, 107–8
to Subhadra, 57, 360n148
to thoroughbred horse, 239–40
to Tiṣya and Puṣya, 326, 436n1097
worthiness of, 21
See also gifts
omens, xxix, 123, 124, 125–26, 187, 372n298
omniscience, 128, 177, 178–79, 328, 375n323
once-returners, 17, 58, 180, 216, 266
orders, not to be refused, 280, 283
ordination
of Candraprabhā, 299
denial of, 42
of Dharmaruci, 12, 43, 358n116
of five hundred farmers, 171
of five hundred seers, 150, 151–52
of Jyotiṣka, 71–72
of Mahāpanthaka, 206
of Panthaka, 207–8
of Rudrāyaṇa, 306
of Tiṣya and Puṣya, 296
oxen, 170, 172, 174
P
padma, 354n65. See also lotuses
Pañcakārṣakaśata-avadāna, xxx, 167–80, 391n497
Pāṇḍava kings, 310, 433n1048
Panthaka, xxxi
birth and upbringing, 203–4
as blind brahman, 219
instruction given by, 213, 214–16
Jīvaka Kumārabhūta and, 229–32, 408n728, 409n731
as Mūṣikāhairaṇyaka, 226
ordination and instruction of, 207–12, 399n589
as pork dealer, 228
reputation of, 212, 214–15
skill in transforming minds of others, 216–17
as thoroughbred horse, 240
paṇyapariṇīta, 419n846
passion, 256
buddha’s lack of, 52, 54, 247, 324
evil acts and, 88, 316
words of, 38, 357n106
See also desire
Pāṭaliputra (city), 287, 426n951
perfections, six. See six perfections
perfume, 23, 31, 178–79, 198, 222, 341
piṇḍitamūlya, 405n676
pleasures
Bimbisāra’s offer of, 308
futility of, 310–11
gifts resulting in, 197–98, 199
of humans, 100, 101–2
royal, 120–21, 123–24
sexual, 39, 41, 402n642
See also sense pleasures
pork dealer, 227–28
postures, four bodily, 215
pots
beings resembling, 147, 153, 155, 386n425
with one mouth and two compartments, 218, 402–3n648
potter, thoroughbred colt and, 234, 235–36, 237
poverty, ix, 4, 89–92, 308
prabhūtasattvasvāpateya, 364n200
prakaraṇāvadāna, 116, 368n255
Prasenajit, King, 176
pratikaṇṭhukayā, 353n49
precepts, 43, 59, 137, 174, 283, 290, 291, 293
predictions
about Agrajyoti/Jyotiṣka, 45, 46, 48, 56, 59, 70
about Buddha Śākyamuni, 292–93
about Sumati, 32
by light rays vanishing into Buddha, 323
of twelve-year drought, 275
pride, 52, 54, 57, 250–51, 324
proclamations
of Brahmadatta, 275
of Candraprabha, 120–21, 123
of Mūṣik āhairaṇyaka, 223
of Rudrāyaṇa, 303
of Siṃhaka’s father, 253
Strive! Go forth!, 51, 97, 291, 322–23
of Udayana, 263
psychology, cosmology and, 345
Pūjita/Pūjitaka, 233, 235, 239, 410n749
Pūleśvara site, 338, 442n1170
Purāṇa, 176
Pūrvavideha (continent), 97, 346
Puṣkalāvata (city), 193, 395n546
Puṣpadanta Palace, 259, 264–65, 266, 268–69, 270, 419nn847–48
Puṣya, 295–96, 326, 328
R
Rādhā, 423–24n921
radiance
of Brahmaprabha, 189
of Buddha, 167, 170, 175, 242, 243
of Candraprabha, 119, 187
Rāhu (demon), 434n1062
Rāhula, 193, 194
rains, 287–88
of dirt, xxxii, 331–32, 333, 439n1130
of food, cloth, and jewels, 91–92
of gold, 67, 331, 332–33
See also famine
rainy season, 155, 208–9, 253
horses in, 233, 409nn737–38
offering provisions for, 19, 74–76, 82
Rājagṛha (city), 48, 55, 56, 59, 64, 65, 98, 109, 288–89, 426–27n951
almsrounds in, 45–46, 63, 294, 298, 306
Buddha in, 62, 95, 117, 229, 287
five hundred merchants in, 106–7
marketplace at, 66–67
Rudr āyāṇa in, 303–4, 306–12, 314–15, 317
Ratnadvīpa, 4–5, 224–25
Raudrākṣa, 371n297
arrival in Bhadraśilā, 126–27
Candraprabha’s head and, 124, 128–30, 132, 375n323
as Devadatta, 133
realms of existence, xxviii, 100
deeds leading to specific, 99
depiction of, 97
rebirth in, 17–19, 323
sufferings of, 95, 96, 101
types of beings in, 345
rebellions, 263, 269–70
rebirth
in animal realm, 17, 323
Buddha’s predictions of, 323
cycle of, 18
in divine realms, xxviii, 34, 43, 51, 100, 101, 102, 104, 106, 108, 132–33, 267, 322
ending, 312, 319
on five-sectioned wheel, 97
in hell realms, 249, 274, 323, 324
in human realm, 51, 159, 267, 322
karma and, 73, 173
resulting from gifts, 198, 199
thoughts that arise at, 17–18, 159, 299–300
from virtuous offerings, 82
refuge, 58–59, 290–91, 293
of brahman farmer, 168–69
of Buddharakṣita, 137
of Candraprabh ā, 301
of Jyotiṣka, 62
of Sahasodgata, 111
of Śrīmatī, 282, 283
renunciants
five benefits from becoming, 100–101, 366n226
non-Buddhist (tīrthya), 63, 202, 203, 362n163
rhinoceros, buddhas as, 88, 365n210. See also solitary buddhas
rice, 307
fed to blind man, 217–18, 402n644
gruel, gift of, 167–69
Rohiṇī, 247
Roruka (city), 287, 288, 295–96, 318, 329, 330–32, 333, 344, 426n950
roundabout stories, 11
royalty and rulership, 364n202
according to dharma, 304, 336, 364n202
death and, 310
desire and, 433n1048
and famine, relationship of, 364n202
symbols of, 238, 270, 410n745, 421n772
unjust, xxxii, 312–14
Ṛṣidatta, 176
Ṛṣivadana, 173, 216, 388n447
Rudrā yaṇa, King, xxxi–xxxii, 287
attainment of, 293–94, 319–21
Buddha image, receipt of, 291–93
Candraprabhā and, 299, 302
death and rebirth of, 321, 325
deeds of, 339–40
as deer, 342, 443n1186
gifts to Bimbisāra, 288, 289, 290
plot to kill, 315–17
receives Mahākātyāyana and Śailā, 295, 297, 298
refutation of kingship by, 309–12
renunciation of, 302–8, 431n1020
returns to Roruka, 317–20
Śikhaṇḍin, makes inquires about, 314
Rudrāyaṇa-avadāna, xxxi–xxxii, 287–344, 412–13n779, 426n949
Rūpāvata, xxx, 186
Rūpāvat ī, xxx, 183–86, 193, 392nn506–7, 392n513, 393n519
Rūpāvatī-avadāna, xxx, 181–95
S
sābhisaṃskāreṇa, 354n61
Śacī, 81
sacrifices
of Candraprabha’s head, 124, 126–32, 134
of Rūpāvatī’s breasts, 184–86, 393n516
to tigress, 131, 191–92, 376n329
Sahasodgata, xxviii, 115
attainment of, 111–12
birth and upbringing of, 98–99
as day laborer, 102–104
feeds community of monks, 105–6, 110–11
as guildmaster, 109
with five hundred merchants, 106–8
monastery visit of, 99–102
Sahasodgata-avadāna, xxviii, xxx, 95–116, 368n255
Śailā, 297–99, 329, 332, 430n1003
Sākali (a.k.a. Sākalika), 241, 242–46, 413n781
Sākalika. See Sākali.
Śakra, 54, 79–81, 131, 185–86, 192, 347, 363n193, 393n516, 444n1200
Śākya clan, 63, 292
Śākyamuni. See Buddha Śākyamuni
saṃsāra, 214, 345, 401n622
arhat’s understanding of, 72, 171, 296, 319
cycling through, 267, 312
deliverance from, 220, 226
suffering of, 184
virtue and, 12
Saṃyuktaka.See Connected Sayings (Saṃyuktāgama)
Sandhā na, 275–77
Saṅgharakṣita, xxix, xxx, 153–55
birth of, 137–38
deeds, maturation of, 163–66
gathers disciples for Buddha, 149–53
misbehaving monks and, 143–46
in nāga realm, 140–42
as raft, 150, 384n408
silence of, 147–48
voyage of, 138–40
S
aṅgharakṣita-avadāna, xxix, 135–55, 163–66, 378nn348–50, 386n426
sārdhaṃvihārin, 365n217
Śāriputra, 54, 117, 133, 137–39, 140, 205, 280–81, 283
sarvarūpa, 352n35
sciences, eight . Seeeight sciences
seeds, selecting one variety, 109
seeing
five things one never tires of, 142
path of, 17
seers, 27, 89–90, 243, 292
five hundred, xxix, 147–50
garbage thrown on, 343–44, 444n1195
speech of, 55, 60
two brahman with Brahmaprabha, 190–91, 194
See alsoViśvāmitra
sense bases, 73, 112, 163, 173, 227, 272, 275, 278, 319, 339, 342, 384n410
sense pleasures, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248
sentient beings, benefiting, 190, 339
sesame oil, rain of, 92
seven factors of awakening, 8, 49, 198
seven treasures, 92, 292, 369–70n270
sex change of Rūpāvatī, 186, 393n519
shrines
acts of faith at, xxx, 177–78
bathing of, 199
for Buddha Kṣemaṅkara, 20–23, 352n47
for Mahākātyā yana, 335, 338
from Sumati’s hair, 33
See also stūpas
siddham, 204, 399n589
Śikhaṇḍin, King, xxxii, 318, 342, 439n1130
consecration of, 303, 304
father of, true identity of, 327
as girl throwing garbage, 344
killing of Rudrāyaṇa and, 315–17, 319, 320, 325–26
Mahākātyāyana and, 329–32, 339
mother of, 326–27, 437n1099
as prince, 287
unjust rule of, 312–15
Śikhin. See Buddha Śikhin
silver, rain of, 331, 332, 438n1119
Siṃhaka, 252
Siṃhakalpā (capital), 252, 253, 255, 257
Siṃhakeśarin, King, 252, 256–57, 259
Siṃhala, 259
abandons wife, 254–56
birth and upbringing of, 252–53
consecration of, 257–58
ocean journey of, 253–55, 417n828
Siṃhaladvīpa, 258, 418n844
Simile of the Town (Nagaropama), 149
Sindhu, 338
single guardian, 48
sins
deadly, 34–43, 321, 326, 327
freedom from, 282, 301
rebirth and, 366–67n228
toward field of merit, 363–64n195
verses on freedom from, 208, 215–16
Śītavana cremation ground, 48, 54–58
Śiva, 6
six [good] qualities, 48
six heavens, 347
six perfections, 43, 49, 188, 209, 354n57
skeletons, 16–17, 175–76, 352n37
snake-catcher, 218–19
snakes, broth from, 219, 403n653
Śobhāvat ī (capital), 35
solitary buddhas, xxviii, 23, 278, 365n210, 415n803
awakening as, 58–59, 88, 180, 216, 295, 323
Balasena’s offerings to, 113–15
conditions for, 113, 273, 276, 278, 340, 343
deer hunter and, 340–41, 342
feeding one thousand, 276–77
