A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.137

v2.c19.s6.t4.137

[^1): This is according to Rāj. Mitra's table of contents. However, in the communication of Dr. *Takakusu from the India Office MSS.* (mentioned above in note 3, p. 325) it is said: "At last he meets Samantabhadra who directs him to the one Buddha Amitābha of the West, from whom the earnest youth learns the highest truth and gets enlightened. In one text this last Amitābha section is omitted." [^2): Śikṣās. 101 ff., 122 f., 310 f. [^3): Cf. K. Watanabe, Die Bhadracarī, eine Probe buddhistisch-religiöser Lyrik untersucht und herausgegeben (mit deutscher Übersetzung von E. Leumann), Diss. Strassburg, 1912. According to Watanabe, Bhadra is an abbreviation of Samantabhadra, and the title should be translated: "The verses in which the pious wishes that distinguished the religious life of Samantabhadra, find expression." In the Śikṣā-Samuccaya it is quoted with the title Bhadracaryā (Gāthā). [^4): On this metre (four Pādas of eleven syllables: ⏑⏑-⏑⏑-⏑⏑-⏑⏑), so popular with the Mahāyāna Buddhists, s. *Watanabe*, l.c., p. 24 ff. [^5): *Watanabe*, l.c., p. 10 ff. According to *La Vallée Poussin* in ERE II, 259 note, it belongs to the sacred books of the Sautrāntikas, but in ERE XII, 194, he counts it among the Tantras.