Garland of the Buddha’s Past Lives (Volume 1) - Aryashura Clay Sanskrit Library

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      Chris Gibbons, Tomoyuki Kono,

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      Copyright © 2009 by the CSL

      All rights reserved.

      First Edition 2009

      The Clay Sanskrit Library is co-published by

      New York University Press

      and the JJC Foundation.

      Further information about this volume

      and the rest of the Clay Sanskrit Library

      is available at the end of this book

      and on the following websites:

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      ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-9581-1 (cloth : alk. paper)

      ISBN-10: 0-8147-9581-1 (cloth : alk. paper)

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Aryasura.

      [Jatakamala. English & Sanskrit]

      Garland of the Buddha’s past lives / by Arya Sura ;

      translated by Justin Meiland. -- 1st ed.

      p. cm.

      Miracle stories of the Buddha’s past lives.

      In English and Sanskrit (romanized) on facing pages;

      includes translation from Sanskrit.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-9581-1 (cloth : alk. paper)

      ISBN-10: 0-8147-9581-1 (cloth : alk. paper)

      1. Buddhist stories, Sanskrit--Translations into English.

      2. Aryasura--Translations into English.

      I. Meiland, Justin, 1973- II. Title.

      BQ1462.E5M47 2009

      294.3’82325--dc22

      2008046726

      CONTENTS

       vii

       xv

       Story 4Birth-story of the Merchant75

       Story 5Birth-story of the Merchant Avishahya89

       Story 6Birth-story of the Hare109

       Story 7Birth-story of Agastya133

       Story 8Birth-story of Maitri·bala161

       Story 9Birth-story of Vishvan·tara201

       Story 10Birth-story on the Sacrifice261

       Story 11Birth-story of Shakra285

       Story 12Birth-story of the Brahmin299

       Story 13Birth-story of Unmadayanti315

       Story 14Birth-story of Suparaga343

       Story 15Birth-story of the Fish369

       Story 16Birth-story of the Quail Chick381

       Story 17Birth-story on the Jar391

       Story 18Birth-story of the Childless Ascetic411

       Story 19Birth-story on the Lotus-stalks427

       Story 20Birth-story of the Financier453

       Notes475

       Emendations to the Sanskrit Text491

       Glossary of Common Names, Terms, and Epithets501

      Sanskrit Alphabetical Order

      Vowels:

      Gutturals:

      Palatals:

      Retroflex:

      Dentals:

      Labials:

      Semivowels:

      Spirants:

      Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation

      but

      father

      sit

      fee

      put

      boo

      vocalic r, American pur-

      dy or English pretty

      lengthened r

      vocalic l, able

      made, esp. in Welsh pro-

      nunciation

      bite

      rope, esp. Welsh pronun

      ciation; Italian solo

      sound

      anusvara nasalizes the pre- ceding vowel

      visarga, a voiceless aspira- tion (resembling the En- glish h), or like Scottish ________

      loch, or an aspiration with a faint echoing of the last element of the preceding vowel so that taih is pro- nounced taihi

      luck

      blockhead

      go

      bighead

      anger

      chill

      matchhead

      jog

      aspirated j, hedgehog

      canyon

      retroflex t, try (with the tip of tongue turned up to touch the hard palate)

      same as the preceding but

      aspirated

      retroflex d (with the tip

      of tongue turned up to

      touch the hard palate)

      same as the preceding but

      aspirated

      retroflex n (with

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