by Andy Rotman
Dīpāvatī (capital), 25, 26, 27, 31, 34
Dīrghāgama. See Longer Sayings (Dīrghāgama)
dirt, rain of, 331–32, 333, 439n1130
divine beings, unconscious, 228, 407n715
divine realms, 51, 172, 302, 322, 346, 347, 359n131. See also Trāyastriṃśa
divine hearing, 7
divine sight, 89, 119, 128
divine-like glory, 46–48, 55, 56, 59, 64, 67–68, 69, 73, 82
divyamānuṣīm, 358n119
dreams, 26–27, 64, 122–24
droughts, xxviii, 86–87, 275
dṛṣṭasatya, 363n195. See also truth, seeing
dvārakoṣṭhaka, 366n220
E
earth, 55, 60, 175, 183, 265, 310
Buddha as jewel of, 293
four quarters of, 119
and gold, regarding as equal, 17, 72, 151, 153, 158, 172, 206, 211, 296, 320
lighting up and remaining flat, 243, 713nn783–84
protectors of, 123, 127, 134
sacrificing, 316
six ways of moving, 30–31
See also elements, deeds maturing in
eight sciences, 253, 417n826
eightfold path. See noble eightfold path
Ekottarikā. See Gradual Sayings (Ekottarikāgama)
elements, deeds maturing in, 73, 112, 163, 173, 227, 272, 275, 278, 339, 342
eloquence, as inspired yet controlled, 136, 213, 214, 379n354
emptiness, 51, 322
encouragement, 291, 293
essences, five. See five essences
evil actions, tenfold path of, 99
existence
bonds to, 264, 266–67, 420n864
clinging to, 88
states of, 16
See also realms of existence; wheel of existence
eyes, sacrificing, 189
F
faculties, superhuman, 17, 27, 72, 125, 151, 153, 158, 172, 207, 212, 296, 320, 344
faith, 6
in Buddha, 46, 108, 117, 136, 267, 271–72, 422n898
in Candraprabha, 129, 131, 133
duty of, 103–4, 108, 367n233
gifts of, 145, 174
of hell beings, 50
inspiring, 216, 402n641
instilled through body of solitary buddha, 113
of Jyotiṣka, 62, 63
of Mahāpanthaka, 206
practices of, 176–80
from seeing Buddha, 31, 167–68, 170
from seeing magical image of Buddha, 50, 322
Śikhaṇḍin’s refutation of, 329
of Suparṇin, 158
of Udayana, 262
famine, ix, 86–87, 91, 183, 364n202
father, spiritual, 117, 133, 369n258, 377n341
fear and dread, withstanding, 139, 140, 148, 253, 380n364
filth, 210, 211
fire
mastery over, 215
set to hut of solitary buddha, 273–74
set to monastery, 145
set to Puṣpadanta Palace (women’s quarters), 264–65, 268, 270
See also elements, deeds maturing in
five [bad] qualities, 48
five essences, 199, 397n571
five hundred boys, 188, 193, 268, 269, 270
five hundred farmers, xxx, 170–74
five hundred merchants, xxix
and householder’s son (Sahasodgata), 106–7, 367n240
ordination of, 7–9
previous lives of, 165
on Siṃhala’s voyage, 253–54
sons of, 138, 140, 142, 151–52
voyage of, 3–7
five hundred seers, xxix, 147–50
five hundred students, 164, 165
five-sectioned wheel. See wheel of existence
five spiritual faculties, 8
flags. See banners and flags
flagstaffs, magic, 417n828
floor mistaken for water, 68–69, 362n176
flowers, 22, 30, 69, 78, 118, 119, 125, 132, 242, 287, 288, 300, 304, 313, 334. See also lotuses
beings having form of, 147, 153, 154
as medicine, 164
offerings of, 23, 27–28, 31, 133, 177–79, 228
rain of, 91, 331, 332
of seven factors of awakening, 49, 198
food
appearing as molten iron, 144
equal distribution to all, 86–87
gifts of, 198, 367n240
sharing of, 182, 195
single measure of, 87, 89, 90
forgiveness, 81, 114, 213, 232–33, 240, 258, 303, 335
form and formless realms, 345, 346
four Āgamas, xxix, 138, 140–41, 142
four assemblies, 95, 96
four bases of success, 48, 198
four confidences, 48, 54
four continents, 97, 346
four floods [of corruptions], 48
four great kings, 53, 347. See also Dhṛtarāṣṭra; Kubera; Virūḍhaka; Virūpākṣa
four immeasurables, 199, 397n572
four means of attracting beings to religious life, 48
four noble truths, 51, 111, 168, 171, 216, 262, 265, 274, 281, 283, 294, 300, 322, 337, 338, 363–64n195
fruits, 22, 119, 125, 228, 262–63, 287, 288, 313
beings have form of, 147, 153, 154
intoxicating, 5, 225
as medicine, 164, 204
rain of, 91, 92
G
Gaṅgā River, 172, 390n469
garments
of Bimbisā ra, 288–89
jeweled armor, 289, 290
Jyotiṣka’s divine, 67–68
rain of clothes, 331, 332
of release, 397n568
Garuḍa, 387n431
Gautama. See Buddha Śākyamuni
Gāyatrī mantra, 204, 399n592
gender, 392n507, 392n513
generosity. See charity
Ghoṣila, 259, 263, 278–80, 332, 420n861, 423–24n921
gifts
benefits of giving, 224
of faith, 145, 174
five great, 25, 26
of new disciples, 152, 305–6
between Rudrāyaṇa and Bimbisāra, 288–92
thirty-seven ways of offering, xxxi, 197–99, 396n561
See also offerings
Gilgit Buddhist Manuscripts
Candraprabha’s sacrifice in, 375n325
flowering trees of Maṇiratnagarbha in, 376n328
ill omens of Bhadraśilā in, 372n298
request for Candraprabha’s head in, 375n323
Saṅgharakṣita story in, 384n405, 384n408, 384n410, 385n420, 386n425, 388n449
spiritual father, use of in, 377n341
See also Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya
gods, 6, 54–56, 83, 93, 111, 118, 124, 125, 140, 191, 195, 282, 294, 310, 345, 346–47
buddhas as teachers of, 19, 24, 35, 74, 84, 157, 164, 173, 182, 227
Candraprabhā as, 299–302
consecration by, 199
oxen reborn as, 172–73, 174
prediction of rebirth as, 323
realms of, 95, 96, 97, 99–100, 101
respect and honor from, 17, 72, 151, 153, 159, 172, 207, 212, 282, 296, 320
superiority of buddhas to, 49
See also deities; rebirth, in divine realms
gold
barley turning to, 169
and earth, regarding as equal, 17, 72, 151, 153, 158, 172, 206, 211, 296, 320
mountains, seven, 158, 386n428
offerings of, 341, 443n1182
rain of, 92, 331, 332, 333
relative merit of, 177–79
goldsmiths, 222–23
Gradual Sayings (Ekottarikāgama), 135–36, 141, 157, 161, 379n352, 379n357, 381n368
grain increasing in granary, 334
grass
beds of, 243
kāśa and kuśa, 137, 380n361
greed, 35, 88, 155, 396n561
guildmasters, 41, 118, 334, 352n43
Buddha’s past
lives as, 19–24, 220, 221, 225–26
Candraprabha’s father, 186, 187
Dharmaruci’s father in past life, 35, 39–40
metaphor for Buddha, 53
Sahasodgata’s appointment as, xxviii, 109
H
hair, matted, 31–32, 33, 34
hate, 42
freedom from, 117, 266, 421n876
purification of, 198, 211
symbol of, 97
heads, jeweled, 122, 127
heat stage, 17, 58, 180
heavens, six. See six heavens
hell beings, xxix, 99, 101, 321–22, 346
hells
Dharmaruci’s rebirth in, 34, 43
individual realms of, 144, 145, 146, 381n380
names of, 50, 321–22, 346, 444nn1201–2
prediction of rebirth in, 323
rebirth in, 249, 274, 323, 324
sufferings of, 101
hiraṇyasuvarṇa, 358n110
Hiru, 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
Hirukam (city), 333
human realm, 159, 294, 345, 346
on five-sectioned wheel, 97, 99, 101
pleasures of, 100, 101–2
prediction of rebirth in, 323
suffering of, 95, 96, 184
hunger
of Dharmaruci, xxvii, 10–15
of Dharmaruci’s mother, 910
freedom from, 198
of starving mother fed by Rūpāvatī, xxx, 183–84
of tigress, 191
of Timiṅgila, 9
See alsofamine; hungry ghost realm
hungry ghost realm, 100, 294, 345, 346
on five-sectioned wheel, 97, 101
prediction of rebirth in, 323
rebirth in, 17–18, 285, 323
suffering of, 95, 96, 99
I
impermanence, 51, 97, 123, 124, 128, 129, 172, 322
impurity, 210, 211
incest, 35–39, 40, 41, 87
inconceivability, 47, 57, 124, 180, 210
Indra, 6, 17, 72, 81, 151, 153, 159, 172, 207, 212, 296, 320
inheritances, 78, 311–12
insults, virtue and, 237, 411n768
intentions, 184
of buddhas, 48, 113
of doing harm, 215, 402n633
for heaven and liberation, 131, 133
to renounce, 100–101
See also aspirations, fervent
interdependent arising, 88, 150, 319. See also twelve links of interdependent arising
J
Jambudvī pa (Indian subcontinent), xxviii, 3, 4, 5, 119, 122, 127, 134, 224, 225, 346
crowns falling from all heads in, 129
depiction on five-sectioned wheel, 97
famine in, 86, 87, 89–92
ill omens in, 123, 124, 125–26, 372n298
Maudgalyāyana in, 95–96
royal pleasures in, 120–21, 123–24
Saṅgharakṣita’s return to, 142, 143–46
Siṃhala’s return to, 254, 258
taxes and customs fees, exemption from, 85, 119
jealousy, xxxi, 259–64
Jeta Grove, 3, 7, 12, 13–16, 17, 18, 83, 181, 197, 201, 213, 399n595
Jīvaka Kumārabhūta, xxxi, 57–58, 229–33, 240, 361n154, 408n718, 408n728, 409n731
joy
at birth of Candraprabha, 187
of Brahmaprabha, 192, 395n544
of Candraprabhā, 301–2
gifts given out of, 199
of Kanakavarṇa, 91–92
of noble people, 232
of Rudrāyaṇa, 298, 320
of Śakra, 186
Jyotiṣka, xxvii–xxviii, 58, 59–62, 361n154
Ajātaśatru and, 70–73
as Anaṅgaṇa, 82
divine-like glory and, 64, 66–68
home of, 68–70
sandalwood bowl and, 62–64
status of, 361n159, 362n172
Jyotiṣka-avadāna, xxvii–xxviii, 45–82, 359n136
K
Kalandakanivāpa, 45, 95, 99, 229, 231, 287, 300
Kalmāṣadamya, 241, 242, 243
Kāṃśimaha festival, 336, 441n1156
Kanakavarṇa, King, xxviii, 84–87, 89–92
Kanakavarṇa-avadāna, xxviii, 83–93
Kanakāvat ī (capital), 85, 89, 90
Kanakumuni. See Buddha Kanakumuni
Kapila, 292
karma
being overpowered by, 265, 310
destroying bad, 210–11
evil, pure, and mixed, 82, 115, 165–66, 174, 274, 344
faith and, 322
of hell beings, 50–51, 322
of Hiru and Bhiru, 331, 342–43
maturing of, 73, 112, 163, 173, 227, 272, 275, 278, 284–85, 339, 342
resulting in diverse forms, 153–55
of Rudrāyaṇa, 317–18, 319, 321, 339, 342, 443n1186
of Śikhaṇḍin, 326, 342–43
of Śyāmāka, 336
See also deeds
Kāśyapa (disciple of Buddha), 54
Kāśyapa. See Buddha K āśyapa
Kātyāyana. See Mahākātyāyana
Kauṇḍinya, 194
Kauśāmbī (city), 259, 263, 264, 265–66, 268–69, 270, 271, 332
Kauśika. See Śakra
kettledrums, 118, 119, 121, 123, 124, 126
khaḍgaviṣāṇakalpa, 365n210
Khara, 333, 440n1136
khustikayā, 379n353
killing, 42
arhats, 41, 321, 327–29, 358n113
fathers, 39–40, 70, 71, 315–17, 320–21, 325–26, 339
mothers, 41
knowledge and insight, 49, 114, 175, 212, 430n1003
Kosala countryside, 205, 207
Krakucchanda. See Buddha Krakucchanda
krīḍitā ramitāḥ, 365n212
kroñca maidens, 5, 225
Kṣema, King, 19, 20, 21
Kṣemaṅkara. See Buddha Kṣemaṅkara
Kṣemāvatī (capital), 19, 20
Kubera, 6, 347, 352n36. See also Vaiśravaṇa; four great kings
Kubjottarā, 265, 272, 274–75, 277
kulastha, 371n289
kulopakagṛha, 367n236
kumārāmātya, 360n142
kumārikā, 413n785
Kuru countryside, 241, 242
Kuru kings, 310, 433n1048
L
Lambakapāla (city), 336, 441n1157
lamplight, 264, 420n867
learning, 310
five benefits of great, 150, 319, 384n410
three ways of, 399–400n604
life span
by class of beings, 346, 347
during reign of Candraprabha, 119
during time of Buddha Kāśyapa, 157, 164–65, 173, 227
during time of Buddha Śākyamuni, 164–65, 388–389n449
of humans, 309
of Śakra, 347, 444n1200
light rays, 50–51, 52, 134, 192, 215, 321–24
lion throne, 69, 136, 214, 215, 361n159
lion’s roar, 55–56
lokākhyāyikā, 367n231
Longer Sayings (Dīrghāgama), 140
lotuses, 118
birth in, xxvii–xxviii, 57, 360n145
hell realm imagery of, 444n1202
as metaphor for buddhas, 83, 181, 246, 248
as metaphor for growth, 59, 138, 252
offerings of, 30, 132, 300
pools and ponds of, 22, 27, 239, 273
root of, 52, 324
smell of, 232
See also waterlilies
loving-kindness, 30
of Brahmaprabha, 191
gifts given out of, 199
as protection, 191
of Śyā māvatī and retinue, 262–63
of thoroughbred horse, 237
toward Raudrākṣa, 129, 132
> lumbermen, 221–22
lunar festival, 239–40
M
madam, 35–37, 356n85, 356n90
Madhyama. See Middle-Length Sayings (Madhyamāgama)
Magadha countryside, 56, 229, 287, 305
magical powers, 326, 328
of Dharmaruci, 18
of Buddha Dīpaṅkara, 29
displaying, transgression of, 62–64
flight, 89, 90–91, 151, 159–60, 186, 191, 265, 333, 336
for food, increasing amount of, 168
invisibility, 149–50
of Jyotiṣka, 67–68
karma and, 321, 436n1086
of Mahākātyāyana, 330, 336
of n āgas, 136, 159–60
of Panthaka, 215, 231, 232, 408n728, 409n731
of Śailā, 332
of Śakra, 80–81
of Buddha Śākyamuni, 16, 17, 29, 50–51, 322
shapeshifting, 185, 254, 255
at Śītavana, 57–58
in Sumati’s dreams, 26, 354n64
winning over ordinary people with, 273
See alsomiraculous deeds
Mahācandra, 122, 127–28, 129, 133
Mahākātyāyana, xxxii, 297, 329, 332, 338–39, 342, 365n217
buried under dirt, 330, 331, 344, 438n1113, 444n1197
flees Roruka, 333–34
journey to Roruka, 294–95
in Khara, 334–35
mother of, 337–38, 441n1164
ordains Tiṣya and Puṣya, 295–96
on Śyām āka as king, 336
mahalla, 379n352
Mahāmaudgalyāyana. See Maudgalyāyana
Mahānāma, 54
Mahāpanthaka, xxxi, 213
birth and upbringing of, 201–3, 204
chastises Panthaka, 209, 212
dharma, indoctrination in, 205–7, 399n595
five hundred followers of, 207, 208
journey to Śrā vastī, 207
mahāsukha, 397n573
Mahāvaṃsa, 418n844
maheśākhyatara, 352n47
Mahīdhara, 122–23, 128, 129, 133
Maitreya. See Bodhisattva Maitreya
Mā kandika, xxxi, 241, 249, 413n780
as blacksmith, 251, 416n817
imprisonment of, 271, 422n896
as minister to Udayana, 259
offers Anupamā to Buddha, 242–48, 413n785
sets fire to women’s quarters, 264–65, 268–69, 270
Śyāmāvatī placed in care of, 263–64, 420n861
Mākandika-avadāna, xxxi, 241–85, 412–13n779
makaras, 5, 254, 256, 417n828
Māndh āta, King, 67, 332
maṇḍīlaka cakes, 39–40
Maṇiratnagarbha Park, 119, 130–31, 369n270, 376n328
mantras, 85, 187, 189–90, 204, 205, 399n592
Māra, 84, 182
Māra’s daughters, 247, 415n799
marks, thirty-two major and eighty minor, 54, 167, 170, 175, 199
Mati, 25–26, 32, 33–34
Maudgalyāyana, 54, 95–97, 117, 133, 205, 414n796
Maunalāyana, 246, 414n796
Māyādevī, Queen, 194
meditation, 206, 208, 424n929
devotion to, 266–67