Verse I.48 Variations
धातुस्तिसृष्ववस्थासु विदितो नामभिस्त्रिभिः
dhātustisṛṣvavasthāsu vidito nāmabhistribhiḥ
འདི་དྲུག་གིས་ནི་བསྡུས་པ་ཡི། །
ཁམས་ནི་གནས་སྐབས་གསུམ་དག་ཏུ། །
མིང་གསུམ་གྱིས་ནི་བསྟན་པ་ཡིན། །
Six topics, such as [its] nature,
Is taught through three names
In its three phases.
- On ramène l’Élément à son essence
- Et aux cinq autres points
- Pour l’enseigner en fonction
- Des trois états et de leurs trois noms.
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Obermiller (1931) [6]
- The Germ (of the Buddha) considered
- From the 6 points of view beginning with (its) essence,
- Is, in accordance with its 3 states,
- Designated by 3 different names.
Takasaki (1966) [7]
- The Essence [of the Buddha], [hitherto briefly explained]
- By these six subjects, beginning with ' own nature ',
- Is, in accordance with its 3 states,
- Designated by 3 different names.
Fuchs (2000) [8]
- The element as contained
- in the six topics of "essence" and so on
- is explained in the light of three phases
- by means of three names.
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- Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Unicode Input
- Brunnhölzl, Karl. When the Clouds Part: The Uttaratantra and its Meditative Tradition as a Bridge between Sūtra and Tantra. Boston: Snow Lion Publications, an imprint of Shambhala Publications, 2014.
- I follow DP ’di drug gis ni bsdus pa yi / khams . . . against J and MA/MB, thus replacing samāsataḥ by samāsitaḥ.
- I follow MB nirdiṣṭo against J vidito.
- Taishō 668, 467b.
- Obermiller, E. "The Sublime Science of the Great Vehicle to Salvation Being a Manual of Buddhist Monism." Acta Orientalia IX (1931), pp. 81-306.
- Takasaki, Jikido. A Study on the Ratnagotravibhāga (Uttaratantra): Being a Treatise on the Tathāgatagarbha Theory of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Serie Orientale Roma 33. Roma: Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente (ISMEO), 1966.
- Fuchs, Rosemarie, trans. Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra. Commentary by Jamgon Kongtrul and explanations by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso. Ithaca, N. Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2000.