A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.338

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a considerable number of quotations or by fairly long extracts. A long passage is quoted from the Ākāśa-Garbha-Sūtra, on the sins (the five principal iniquities of a king, the eight iniquities of an Ādikarmika-Bodhisattva, and so on, p. 59 ff.). One short passage and one longer one on sin and confession, are quoted from the Upāli-Paripṛcchā (pp. 164 f., 168 ff.). Quotations from the Ugra- or Ugradatta-Paripṛcchā¹ are fairly numerous, *e. g.*, on the duties of married life (p. 78) and on the life of a hermit in the forest (p. 198 ff.). We find a long passage on the virtues of a Bodhisattva from the Vimala-Kīrtinirdeśa,² which is quoted several times (p. 324 ff.). The Avalokana-Sūtra, which occurs in the Mahā-Vastu, is quoted by Śāntideva as an independent text (*e. g.* p. 297 ff.). A long passage from the Ratnolkā-Dhāraṇī³ on the virtues of a Bodhisattva, shows us a “Dhāraṇī” which is not a mere magic formula, but scarcely differs from a Sūtra. The quotation is also interesting owing to the enumeration of vocations and ascetic orders (p. 331 ff.). Other works quoted, are: Tathāgataguhya-Sūtra, Daśabhumika-Sūtra, Dharma-Saṃgīti-Sūtra, several recensions of the Prajñā-Pāramitā, Karuṇā-Puṇḍarīka, Gaṇḍavyūha, Candra-Pradīpa-Sūtra, Ratnakūṭa-Sūtra,⁴ Ratnamegha, Laṅkāvatāra, Lalita-Vistara, Śālistamba-Sūtra,⁵ Saddharma-Puṇḍarīka, Suvarṇa-Prabhāsa, etc.