Nov 9, 2008

Āryapratītyasamutpādo nāma mahāyānasūtram (notes)

I've receive by other means these notes from Peter:

- bhagavān is usually translated 'the Lord' rather than 'the Divine'.
- more likely: "amidst the gods of the 'thirty-three' ", trayastriṃśa being the name of a heavenly abode in Buddhist cosmography.
- horse trainers: I think that this is rather the name of an illustrious śrāvaka (i.e. followers of the Lesser Vehicle from the Mahāyāna viewpoint), Jitāśva, 'he who had conquered/surpassed horses' (in energy, or whatever, won a race? [joke]); so: 'with śrāvakas such as/headed by (ādi) Jitāśva.
- bodhisattvair mahāsattvaiḥ - bodhisattvas of great valour, or smth.
- Vajrahastā -> Vajrahasta, i.e. Vajrapāṇi who is male, so he can't have his name ending in -ā.
- adorned with countless virtues (guṇa) [which were like] jewels.

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