rh-049 addendum to manicuda studies. pp. 292 - 299 in recent researches in buddhist studies. essays...

8/12/2019 RH-049 Addendum to Manicuda Studies. Pp. 292 - 299 in Recent Researches in Buddhist Studies. Essays in Honou

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The stoy of he crest-eweed ng Ma who lie n Vessantara gave (va

all his possessons - weath incug elephants, horses an charots wfe an ,;\

a te wisconfrrn ewel itsef to unfod to the world hs generost .

regar to all things s hd gret appea to norte Budsts. The popula ty 0ths legen s ttesed b severa prose n metrcl versons vale in 8;

nd the dramatised version extent ony n Tietn Besdes ifrmaton on b

vesons, gave the skit text nd an iea of he conten of Maic


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frequntd by al grat sants and also th ws. 6Knowng ths, 0 st of kings, s rug in ha mounan if ou dsr

ngmn nd prcs a goo rgos vow 7

By te power of meri ereof, youwl become an aspan o Budahoo

ss wh suprnara pows and xln an asous vus on snth wfar o ' (18)

Af lsnng to h avc of a raan gay h ng worsppd tprptor Ugupt, an spo with rsp 9

Vnra Sr, I to ar h good sory o RanaQa Whn dd tvr) Marohprng for? Do lar hs 20

Whn h ng hus rust hm, h rahan, h ws sag ood a KngAoa and spo as folows 2

Vry wl ng, I shl r to you th tahng s hard om my ahn ordr o promo h wsdom f all ngs. 22

I s s folows Th grat Bdha, - unvrsa ahr and prpor, mnsn ord who hs atn iss, on of yas, th formos of sgng of rghosnss h Tahga who has gon n sa wa as foudhas) theAl-k wingyeneraqe masr of h tos dslnaran a gr'\e.


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Seeng the glorous (Buddha) there, tey worshpped hs otus-feet adie n that assemby happy aces ad heats traqu 28)

a veerabe u desrous of acur the Vrtus of the good

'e, pre ost peased at ea dressed yeo robes, cae there prompty, eaveny gs ad offergs to partake of the ambrosa of hs ood doctre.

Te pes, e devotees, sages who practse castty, orshpped the. 'OS (udha) ad reaed tat asseby 31)

ra ad other, reat possessors of gher edge, ad the very wse, s o, saw the Buda fro far ad cae payg obesace 3)

Lese a (gods) headed by the consort of r (VIu) the paets attd of sars, (casses of bes e) the sddha, sdhyas, gadharvas, yaas,yakas ras knns ngs es f ganuJas ad oter ords of the

. s - l o he arved there of joy (33 34)

ry, se brahs, heretcs, scetcs, atya gs, sters,eunsdlor, gdasters, erchats ad eathy househoders, sa the Bddha:m stnce, pad besace to hm ad arved ere oyy, sh to see theFu Eteed Oe ad to partae of the abrosa of the doctre (35 36)

cA te gods, me ad otheho arrved ths, ooed at the bessages ad

rained infrotofhim. (37)

Havig hooured h a sutabe maer ad pad obesace de order

ey buated h three tmes d foded ther ads wth oy 38)

o T essed Oe the eacher dspayed a rae that ocaso, seeg, wich ll te os gods, e ad heretcs ere astoshed ad aazed, her

ms t th oder at the sht those assembed here ere ost spred

le (39,40)

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hThen te monk Akbn1u stood up, steed orwd. wosied te lotu-

fee ( the Budha n gzn at h, oe s fows 41)

'Venerbe S Bessed Tece you ve disye mce Seen t

te eetc nd te ods ae been ety sed 42)

How s so? Wt s te cse e eson nd te ose o ts It eove

ou to dece ts nd enten s 43

e Besed One od o the wod ed te equest so mde n soe

oon t nnd disce o te udd 44SG

te wss t t s o ons t s so s I ve ed te condition

enitenment Monks te t s tued te condtons oentenent ccosn unded tousd dicut tsks o on, dun

tere skyey wodes Fute et one ote wodes n ts

bnd se,I

ve eoed vey dcu tss to ul te condtonso entenment Lsten to ts ons n te pst, n ts se bd

tee ws cty ced Se9 Pose

ee n tt city eee wt te ten teses nd o ods nd sts

ved tis et n dtt 45

Rc, oseous ece oundin n ood ee cties inbted

by wse oe te cty o Set ctvted te Qds o utitde o en (46).":,fj), \c o c.


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e t he Jwes (50)

(he rose receson o the aca eged whch hae tansaedelwr 1 0 s ncuded here

e assemb of gods, Bra Sa and others aso he word-ruers and

hir owers ooed w degt at the Bessed Oe he foremos of sages andr t eased he woshed hm ccumuated d went joy

to heirown abodes.(51, 52)

te moras ngs and oters togeher wh ther couseo and ctzes

k rge n the Tree Jewe and ractsed rghteousess a a es. 3

On earng the dscourse ofUaguta the whoe mutude sad o be t'adbeingpleasd, they rejoicd. (54)

Tus ends te Maca egend, a paststory of SrI Skyarja, as reated byl)Upagupta, t the request oAoka te foremotof kings.

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Buddhist Phlophy and Cre Eas n honr o/NAaawckem. Edited yvlKaupahana and WG Weerarate Coombo, Sr Lanka 987 pp 89

Ree NGMPP C 13 O Orentabteng Staatsbothe Pressscher Kutuestz \'ges he foowng foaton abot the anscrpt Pace of Depost ase Lay KTvls No 2 Baha o of eaes 44 Se 37x85 Scpt Na es on foo 6. Pp(;Date S 905

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Orwn Feste Decto Oenta Departent of the Sate Lbay o aangng easy acc to

copes of the epa anscrpts a to Pro D eoge Pfeffe of ree Une

Ben fo angng nanca spport fo te Foegn Depaent o the Unesty to key stay n Ben possbe

he suggested changes ae as oows The ese nmes ae those gen n the i E-ubcaton s d devaoa; c sadhaadhanoth 4 cd pjpahaI'1vda 5b vh ddha-!,ae 3 attvn naddha 8h

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L Also refeed to as Maliroh1f , the story of the origin of ts iver has bee made the)ccason for eating the Malc leged elsewhere. Compare Hanurukand op. cit. ppxxiv- xxxv

Compare the prose section followng verse 44 pto here wit the text of the classc

'alcuvadna. Handkane op ct page 2, paragraph 2. Veses 4550 are a vescation)f what foows in paagaph 3 of he classica ex Ths atempt at vesfcaion appears ove been given p a this pont fo paagraphs 37 of he cassca recesion are inclde i

:to aer vese 0.

10 arkane, op c. pp 0646

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