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Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c8.s4.32

Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c8.s4.32

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c8.s4.32

¹ Kośa, VI. 36 says on the etymology of the word thus: vici = interval, separation, i.e., they are separated from Nirvāṇa by one more birth. Quite different, however, is the etymology given in the Pāli texts, where bīja = seed.