[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika) › [妙法蓮華經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva) › 1.14 # The Lotus Sūtra 1.14 妙法蓮華經 1.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva.1.14) 爾時釋提桓因，與其眷屬二萬天子俱。復有名月天子、普香天子、寶光天子、四大天王，與其眷屬萬天子俱。自在天子、大自在天子，與其眷屬三萬天子俱。娑婆世界主梵天王——尸棄大梵、光明大梵等，與其眷屬萬二千天子俱。有八龍王——難陀龍王、跋難陀龍王、娑伽羅龍王、和脩吉龍王、德叉迦龍王、阿那婆達多龍王、摩那斯龍王、優鉢羅龍王等，各與若干百千眷屬俱。有四緊那羅王——法緊那羅王、妙法緊那羅王、大法緊那羅王、持法緊那羅王，各與若干百千眷屬俱。有四乾闥婆王——樂乾闥婆王、樂音乾闥婆王、美乾闥婆王、美音乾闥婆王，各與若干百千眷屬俱。有四阿修羅王——婆稚阿修羅王、佉羅騫馱阿修羅王、毘摩質多羅阿修羅王、羅睺阿修羅王，各與若干百千眷屬俱。有四迦樓羅王——大威德迦樓羅王、大身迦樓羅王、大滿迦樓羅王、如意迦樓羅王，各與若干百千眷屬俱。韋提希子阿闍世王，與若干百千眷屬俱。各禮佛足，退坐一面。 > There were also eighty thousand bodhisattva mahāsattvas, all of whom were irreversible from highest, complete enlightenment (anuttarā samyaksaṃbodhi). They had obtained the dhāraṇīs, were established in eloquence, and had turned the irreversible wheel of the Dharma. Each had paid homage to countless hundreds of thousands of buddhas, planted roots of merit in their presence, and had always been praised by those buddhas. They had also cultivated compassion within themselves, skillfully caused others to enter the wisdom of a buddha, obtained great wisdom, and reached the other shore. All of them were famous throughout countless worlds and had saved innumerable hundreds of thousands of sentient beings. They were Mañjuśrī, Avalokiteśvara, Mahāsthāmaprāpta, Nityodyukta, Anikṣiptadhura, Ratnapāni, Bhaiṣajyarāja, Pradānaśūra, Ratnacandra, Candraprabha, Pūrṇacandra, Mahāvikramin, Anantavikramin, Trailokyavikrama, Bhadrapāla, Maitreya, Ratnākara, and Susāthavāha. There were altogether eighty thousand such bodhisattva mahāsattvas. > > At that time Śakra, king of the devas, was also there, attended by twenty > > thousand devaputras. Candra, Samantagandha, and Ratnaprabha, and the > > great devas of the four quarters were there, together with a retinue of ten > > thousand devaputras. The devaputras Īśvara and Maheśvara were there, > > attended by thirty thousand devaputras. Brahma, the lord of the sahā world, > > as well as the great Brahma Śikhin and the great Brahma Jyotiṣprabha were > > there, together with a retinue of twelve thousand devaputras. The eight nāga > > kings—namely, Nanda, Upananda, Sāgara, Vāsukin, Takṣaka, Anavatapta, > > Manasvin, and Utpalaka—were also there, each of them surrounded by sev- > > eral hundreds of thousands of attendants. > > There were four kings of the kiṃnaras whose names were Dharma, Su- > > dharma, Mahādharma, and Dharmadhara, and each had several hundreds of > > thousands of attendants. The four kings of the gandharvas were there. They > > were Manojña, Manojñasvara, Madhura, and Madhurasvara, each of them > > also with several hundreds of thousands of attendants. There, too, were four > — Tsugunari Kubo & Akira Yuyama 2007, The Lotus Sutra - [Previous: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva.1.13) - [Next: 1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva.1.15) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva.1) ## Translations (3) - [The Lotus Sutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-bdk.1.14) — Tsugunari Kubo & Akira Yuyama 2007, English - [The Lotus of the Wonderful Law, or The Lotus Gospel (Miao-fa lien hua ching)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-soothill.1.p2) — English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-mt.1.14) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [添品妙法蓮華經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-jnanagupta.1.11) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva.1.14) · Pramāṇa