by Andy Rotman
five hundred, 228
garbage thrown on, 343–44
hut set on fire of, 273–74
with Kanakavarṇa, 89–91
meal customs of, 340
reluctant offering to, 423n921
teaching method of, 90, 114–15
speech, 203
of Buddha Śākyamuni, 55, 59–60, 244–45, 359n137. See also Brahmā-like voice
fault of talking too much, 147
harsh, 81, 114, 115, 155, 247, 363–64nn195–96
spiritual faculties, five. See five spiritual faculties
Śrāvastī (city), 34
Buddha staying at, 3, 83, 181, 197, 201, 229
Buddha’s journey to, 167
Dharmaruci in, 9, 11, 18
Dharmaruci’s donor from, 13–15
five hundred merchants in, 7
Mahākātyā yana in, 338–39
Mahāpanthaka in, 207
nuns announcement in, 214, 401n623
Saṅgharakṣita’s birth in, 137
Śāriputra and Maudgalyāyana in, 205
Sri Lanka, 418n844
Śrīmatī, Queen, 278–83, 423–24n921
Staff Stūpa, 338, 442n1166
stinginess, 264
charity and, 84, 92, 182, 195
with dharma, 227, 228, 407n707
rebirth due to, 99
story-telling, popular, 103, 367n231
stream-enterers, 17, 180, 216, 266, 295
brahmans as, 168–69
Candraprabhā as, 300–302
five hundred farmers as, 171
Mahā kātyāyana’s mother as, 337–38
Rudrāyaṇa as, 293–94
Sahasodgata as, 111–12
Śrīmatī as, 281–83
stūpas, 341–42
for Mahākātyā yana, 335
at Maṇiratnagarbha, 131, 132–33
renovation of, 22–23, 353nn48–51
of Tiṣya and Puṣya, 296, 326, 328
See also shrines; Staff Stūpa
Subhadra, 45–48, 57, 58, 60–62, 360n148
success, four bases of. See four bases of success
Sudarśana (divine city), 121, 124
Śuddhodana, King, 194
suffering, 9, 11, 87, 117, 144, 145, 146, 158, 267, 282, 322
alone, 312
eight types of, 134, 377n345
ending, 51, 97, 100, 291, 299, 302, 323
of hell, xxix, 41
of once-returners, 266
of realms of existence, 95, 96, 99, 101, 184, 301
from sin, 208, 216
truth of, 51, 322
sukhitā tvam, 383n397
sukumārī, 367n234
Sumati, 25–29, 31–34, 355n66, 355n69
Sumeru, Mount. See Meru, Mount
summit stage, 17, 58, 180
sun and moon, touching with hand, 26, 354n64
Suparṇin (bird king), 158, 159, 387n431
Suprabha. See Buddha Suprabha
sweet shops, 222, 405n678
Śyāmāka, 332, 333–37
Śyāmākarājya, 337
Śyāmāvat ī, Queen, xxxi, 274, 332
Anupamā’s plot against, 263–64
consumed in fire, 265–67, 268–69, 270, 272, 422n896
devotion to Buddha of, 260–62
T
tadrūpo guṇagaṇo ’ahigataḥ, 351n21. See also virtue
Takṣaśilā (city), 133
Tāmradvīpa, 254, 255, 256, 258, 417n828
Taralikā, Queen, 326–27, 437n1099
taxes and fees, 85, 119, 169
ten powers, 49, 54, 362n165
tenfold path of virtuous actions, 100, 122, 206
theft by Ajāta śatru, 70–71
thirty-seven gifts. See gifts, thirty-seven ways of offering
thoroughbred horse, 409n732
birth of, 233
eating, refusal to, 236–37, 411nn765–66
potter and, 234
royal protocol for, 238, 421n772, 421n775
sold to Brahmadatta, 235–36, 410n747
three bases, 197, 396n562
three jewels, 197
three objects for self-control, 48
three realms, 17, 72, 100, 151, 153, 158, 172, 206, 211, 296, 320, 345, 346–47. See alsorealms of existence
tigress, xxx, 131, 190–92, 194, 376n329, 395n544
Timi, 4, 224
Timiṅgila (a.k.a. Timitimiṅgila), xxvii, 4, 5–6, 7, 9, 16–17, 224, 350n16, 352n37
Timitimiṅgila. See Timiṅgila
tīrthya, 362n163
Tiṣya, 295–96, 326, 328
tolerance stage, 17, 58, 180
Toyikā, xxx, 174–76, 390n479
Toyikāmaha festival, xxx, 180
Toyikāmaha-avadāna, 390n479, 391n497
toys, 188, 393nn522–26
Trāyastriṃśa (divine realm), 51, 81, 121, 124, 185, 347, 444n1200
treasures, seven. See seven treasures
Tripiṭaka, 34, 42–43, 136, 206, 213–14, 227–28
triple path, 309, 432n1039
trivastu, 396n562
truth, seeing, 81, 111, 115, 150, 364n195
of Candraprabhā, 300–302
of five hundred farmers, 171
of Mahākātyā yana’s mother, 337–38
of oxen, 174
of Rudrāyaṇa, 293–94
of Śrīmatī, 281–83
truth, vow of, 131, 185, 186, 191–92, 326, 328
twelve links of interdependent arising, 97, 206, 290, 293
U
Uccaṅgama (bird), 189, 194, 394n530
Udānavarga, 149, 383n399
Udayana, King, xxxi, 266
Buddha and, 272–74
grief of, 271, 422n894
hears of fire and deaths, 268–71, 422n891
lust of, 267
ministers of, 259–60, 263
rebellion against, 263, 269–70
wives of, 259, 260–61, 262, 279, 419n846
umbrellas, 48, 119–20, 123, 130, 132, 198, 334, 341
gift of, 198
hundred-ribbed, 29, 79, 81, 238
merit from, 179
two cloths hidden in, 65–66
upakrama, 351n27
Upananda, 106, 135–36
Upendra, 6, 17, 72, 151, 153, 159, 172, 207, 212, 296, 320
uṣṇīṣa, 323, 397n568
Uśīra, 246, 414n796
Utpalāvatī (capital), 183, 185, 186, 189, 190, 193, 395n546
Uttara, 164–65, 388n449
Uttarakuru (continent), 97, 346
V
Vaidehī, Queen, 287, 427n953
Vaiśravaṇa (a.k.a. Kubera; Dhanada), 6, 54, 74, 112–13, 252, 275, 347, 352n36
Vārāṇasī (city), 158, 228, 388n447
Brahmadatta at, 235, 236, 239, 272, 273, 410n745
Buddha K āśyapa at, 173, 227
Sandhāna at, 275, 276,
silk from, 120, 307, 439n1131, 441n1154, 441n1156
turning wheel of dharma at, 216
Varṣakāra, 287, 427n954
Varuṇa, 6
Vāsava, King, 25, 26, 27, 29, 33, 34
Vaśiṣṭha, 246, 414n796
vassal kings, 53, 235, 239, 270, 410nn745–46
Vasuguta, 350n16
Vedas, 25, 203, 204, 398n586, 399n592
Vemacitri, 54, 345
views, false, 58, 329
of individuality, 111, 168, 171, 281, 293, 294, 300, 337
twenty peaks of incorrect, 111, 281, 293, 300, 337
vihārasvāmin, 390n474
Vipaśyin. See Buddha Vipaśyin
virtue
amassing collection of, 8, 12, 351n21
of Buddha, 83, 181–82
of buddhas, 180
carelessness with, 130
of Kanakavarṇa, 85
of monks for donor’s merit, 146, 382n388
of Panthaka, 212, 213, 232–33, 240
roots of, 49, 58, 139, 168, 176, 207, 281, 332, 342
&n
bsp; virtuous actions, tenfold path. See tenfold path of virtuous actions
Virūḍhaka, 54, 176, 347. See also four great kings
Virūpākṣa, 347, 359n134. See also four great kings
vīrya, 392n513
Viśākhā Mṛgāramātā, 176
viṣṭhā, 57, 361n162
Viśvabhū. See Buddha Viśvabhū
Viśvakarman, 81
Viśvāmitra, 125–26
Vokkāṇa (city), 337, 441n1159, 442n1166
vṛddhayuvatī, 356n85, 356n90, 398n577
Vṛṣṇi kings, 310
Vulture’s Peak, 117
W
water
flowing out of pork dealer’s body, 228
sacred, 202, 203
trickling from novice’s hands, 160–61, 387n441, 388n443
waterlilies, 26, 30, 31, 354nn65–66, 355n71. See also lotuses
wealth
of Anaṅgaṇa, 74
attachment to, 309
of Balasena, 112–13
complete sacrifice of, 199
desire for, 4, 224
divine, 81–82
of Kanakavarṇa, 84–85
in reign of Candraprabha, 120
renouncing, 308
of Sahasodgata, 109
of Sandhā na, 275–77
of Siṃhaka, 252–53
true, 311
wheel of dharma, turning, 22, 216
wheel of existence, xxviii, 97–98, 99–106. See also twelve links of interdependent arising
wheel-turning kings, 53, 119, 122, 131, 186, 192, 292, 323
wind
element of, 73, 112, 163, 173, 226, 272, 275, 278, 339, 342
humor, excess of, 277
women
advice never to touch, 267–68
Buddha and, 243, 413n785
as demons, 255, 256. See also demonesses
five hundred in Śyāmāvatī’s retinue, 265, 266, 274
jealousy of, 263
of Rudrāyaṇa’s palace, 297, 429n992
shared between fathers and sons, 38
and solitary buddha, setting fire to hut of, 273–74
wives, treatment of, 218, 254–56, 307–8, 309
wood, fragrant, 77–78, 132, 363n190
world-system, billionfold, 51, 132, 192–93, 323
Y
yakṣas, 54, 83, 93, 133, 181, 195
bowl in hand (karoṭapāṇi), 123
five hundred dark-clothed, 14, 352n36
serpent, 64, 65, 362n170
sorrow of, 129
See alsoVaiśravaṇa
Yama (god of death), 184
Yaśaḥpūrṇa, 54
Yaśodharā, 34
yathādhauta, 365n211
Yogāndharāyaṇa, 259, 263, 271, 420n861, 422nn895–96
About the Translator
ANDY ROTMAN is a professor of Religion, Buddhism, and South Asian Studies at Smith College. His publications include Divine Stories: Divyāvadāna, Part 1(Wisdom Publications, 2008), Thus Have I Seen: Visualizing Faith in Early Indian Buddhism (Oxford University Press, 2009), and a coauthored volume, Amar Akbar Anthony: Bollywood, Brotherhood, and the Nation (Harvard University Press, 2015). He has been engaged in textual and ethnographic work on religious and social life in South Asia for more than twenty-five years.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data for Part 1
Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Avadāna. Divyāvadāna. English.
Divine stories : Divyāvadāna / translated by Andy Rotman.
p. cm.
Translated from Sanskrit.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-86171-295-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-83171-831-3 (ebook)
1. Buddhist literature, Sanskrit—Translations into English. I. Rotman, Andy, 1966– II. Title.
BQ1562.E5R68 2008
294.3’823—dc22
2008016709
ISBN 978-1-61429-470-2 ebook ISBN 978-1-61429-490-0
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Cover photo courtesy of the Huntington Archive and the Bharat Kala Bhavan in Varanasi, India. For more information, see page 350, note 16.
Cover and interior design by Gopa&Ted2, Inc. Typeset by James D. Skatges.
