[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) › 2.120 # 妙法蓮華經文句 2.120 妙法蓮華經文句 2.120 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2.120) 次列八龍者，「難陀」名歡喜，「跋」名善，兄弟常護摩竭提，雨澤以時，國無饑年，瓶沙王年為一會，百姓聞皆歡喜，從此得名，即目連所降者也，居海中。 > Next are listed the eight nāgas. "Nanda" means joy; "Upananda" means goodness. The brothers constantly protect Magadha, causing rainfall in due season so that the country has no years of famine. King Bimbisāra held an assembly for them each year, and the common people were all joyous on hearing of it, from which they obtained their names; these are precisely the ones whom Maudgalyāyana subdued. They dwell in the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2.119) - [Next: 2.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2.121) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.2.120) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [翻譯名義集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2.32) — 法雲, Classical Chinese - [請觀音經疏闡義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1801.4.39) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2.120) · Pramāṇa