[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [妙法蓮華經文句](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718) › 10.117 # 妙法蓮華經文句 10.117 妙法蓮華經文句 10.117 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.10.117) 文為四：一、問持經功德，二、答甚多，三、請以呪護，四、聞品得益。一問，如文。二答，有格量。本問多不？答甚多，格出功德，如文。請說呪，有五番：一、藥王，二、勇施，三、毘沙門，四、持國，五、十女。藥王為四：一、請，二、說，三、歎，四、印。下例有三，如文。十女為五：一、列名，二、請說，三、歎，四、誓，五、印。「夜叉」翻捷疾鬼「羅剎」翻食人鬼，二部是北方所領者。「富單那」，熱病鬼，「吉遮」，起尸鬼，若人若夜叉俱有此鬼。「毘陀羅」赤色鬼，「揵陀羅」，黃色鬼（未詳），「烏摩勒」烏色鬼（未詳），「阿跋摩羅」青色鬼。阿梨樹枝墮地，法爾破為七片，弒父母破僧是三逆罪。外國油者擣麻，使生蟲合壓之，規多汁益肥，此過尤也。斗秤輕出重入，欺盜之尤，近世有小斗出大斗入，震銘其背，斯罪亦不輕也。 > The text consists of four parts: first, questioning the merit of upholding the sūtra; second, answering that it is extremely great; third, requesting protection by means of spells; fourth, gaining benefit from hearing the chapter. The first, the question, is as in the text. The second, the answer, involves weighing and measuring. The original question was, "Is it much?" The answer is that it is extremely great, weighing out the merits, as in the text. Requesting to utter spells has five turns: first, Bhaiṣajyarāja; second, Pradānaśūra; third, Vaiśravaṇa; fourth, Dhṛtarāṣṭra; fifth, the ten rākṣasīs. Bhaiṣajyarāja has four parts: first, requesting; second, uttering; third, praising; fourth, endorsing. Below, there are three analogous parts, as in the text. The ten rākṣasīs have five parts: first, listing their names; second, requesting to utter; third, praising; fourth, vowing; fifth, endorsing. "Yakṣa" translates as swift ghost; "rākṣasa" translates as human-eating ghost; these two divisions are what is governed by the north. "Pūtana" are fever ghosts; "kṛtya" are corpse-raising ghosts; whether human or yakṣa, both have these ghosts. "Vetāla" are red-colored ghosts; "gandhāra" are yellow-colored ghosts (not yet clarified); "umāraka" are black-colored ghosts (not yet clarified); "apasmāra" are blue-colored ghosts. When the branch of an arjaka tree falls to the ground, by nature it breaks into seven pieces. Killing one's father, killing one's mother, and causing schism in the Sangha are three unpardonable offenses. Making oil in foreign countries involves pounding hemp seeds, letting worms breed in them, and pressing them together, seeking abundant liquid and greater richness; this fault is especially grave. Using measures and scales to give out light and take in heavy is the extreme of deceitful theft; in recent times there have been those who gave out with a small bushel and took in with a large bushel, with thunder branding their backs—this offense is also not light. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.10.116) - [Next: 10.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.10.118) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.10.117) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.10.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.10.117) · Pramāṇa