A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.150

v2.c19.s6.t4.150

² Maitreyanātha quotes the Ratnakūṭa in his Mahāyāna-Sūtrālaṃkāra XIX, 29. The Ratnakūṭa is mentioned in Mahā-Vyutpatti 65, 39, but the single texts, too, are enumerated as independent works. Similarly, in the Śikṣā-Samuccaya, both the Ratnakūṭa and the works which it comprises, such as the Rāṣṭrapāla-Paripṛcchā, Ugra-Paripṛcchā, Akṣayamati-Paripṛcchā, and others, are cited. When the Śikṣ. quotes the Ugra-Paripṛcchā and the Ratnakūṭā side by side, on pp. 146, 196, or when in Śikṣ., p. 54 f. first the Ratnakūṭa, then the Rāṣṭrapāla-Sūtra, and then again the Ratnakūṭa are quoted, it follows that Śāntideva did not know the Ugra-Paripṛcchā and the Rāṣṭrapāla-Paripṛcchā as parts of the Ratnakūṭa.