A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.163

v2.c19.s6.t4.163

Many of the Paripṛcchās which are counted as belonging to the Ratnakūṭa, are also quoted in the Śikṣā-Samuccaya, thus for instance, the Ugra-Paripṛcchā or Ugradatta-Paripṛcchā, "Questions of (the householder) Ugradatta,"¹ from which, for example, a long passage on the advantages of a forest hermit's life is cited, the Udayana-Vatsarāja-Paripṛcchā, "Questions of the Vatsa king Udayana" (No. 29 in the Ratnakūṭa of the Kanjur), the Upāli-Paripṛcchā, "Upāli's Questions on Discipline,"² and others. It is interesting that women are made to ask quite a number of "questions," thus for instance, there is a Candrottarā-Dārikā-Paripṛcchā, "Questions of the Girl Candrottarā" (Śikṣ., p. 78 ff., on the evil consequences of lust), Dārikā-Vimalaśraddhā-Paripṛcchā (No. 40 in the Ratnakūṭa of the Kanjur), Sumati-Dārikā-Paripṛcchā (No. 30 in the Chinese Ratnakūṭa), etc.