[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) › [觀彌勒上生兜率天經贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772) › 1.54 # 觀彌勒上生兜率天經贊 1.54 觀彌勒上生兜率天經贊 1.54 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772.1.54) 贊曰：第二、苾芻尼眾也。梵云摩訶鉢剌闍鉢底。摩訶云大，鉢剌闍云生，鉢底云主，即大生主。舊云婆闍婆提，此云大愛道，皆訛謬也。佛母摩訶摩耶夫人，此云大術，早為遷壽。生主是佛小母，故稱為姨母，為育養世尊，因證正覺。佛之所化三乘聖人，名曰大生。或大者眾義，一切眾生皆為佛子。姨為佛母，大生賀賚，故言大生主。佛許出家，事如律說。梵云苾芻，此具五義：一曰怖魔、二云乞士、三云淨持戒、四云淨命、五云破惡。尼者女聲，女有五德名苾芻尼。言比丘尼者，音訛略也。與其眷屬一千人，夜矚神光俱來佛所。 > The eulogy states: Second is the assembly of bhikṣuṇīs. In Sanskrit, it is Mahāprajāpatī. 'Mahā' means 'great', 'prajā' means 'birth' or 'progeny', and 'patī' means 'lord'—that is, 'Great Lord of Progeny'. Formerly rendered as Po-zhe-po-ti, translated here as 'Great Way of Love' (Da-ai-dao), which are all erroneous corruptions. The Buddha's mother, Lady Mahāmāyā, translated here as 'Great Illusion', passed away early. Prajāpatī was the Buddha's junior mother, hence called his maternal aunt; because she nurtured and raised the World-Honoured One, he realized true enlightenment. The noble beings of the three vehicles transformed by the Buddha are called 'Great Birth'. Or 'great' has the sense of 'multitude': all sentient beings are children of the Buddha. The aunt was the Buddha's mother, a congratulatory gift to all great births, hence she is called 'Great Lord of Progeny'. The Buddha permitted her to leave household life, an event as explained in the Vinaya. In Sanskrit, it is bhikṣu, which contains five meanings: first, 'frightening Māra'; second, 'almsman'; third, 'pure observance of precepts'; fourth, 'pure livelihood'; fifth, 'destroying evil'. 'Nī' is a feminine suffix; a woman possessing these five virtues is called a bhikṣuṇī. Calling them biqiuni is a phonetic corruption and abbreviation. Together with her retinue of one thousand people, beholding the divine light at night, they came together to the Buddha's place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772.1.53) - [Next: 1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772.1.55) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772~en-mt.1.54) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772.1.54) · Pramāṇa