藥師經疏 1.89

1.89

Sūtra: “Furthermore […] kings, and so on.” / Second, explaining the elimination of calamities. The text is divided into six parts: first, calamities arising in the king’s realm; second, the seven calamities assailing the people; third, the sovereign extending compassion; fourth, the appropriateness of cultivating the superior offerings; fifth, the purging of plagues and afflictions; sixth, the prolongation of the sovereign’s lifespan. This is the first part. As for “anointed [on the crown of the head]”: when the crown prince of the greatest kingdom first ascends the throne, the minor kings and all the ministers each take water from the four great oceans and pour it upon his crown; hence he is called an “anointed king” (mūrdhābhiṣikta).