[Buddha-l] Pudgalavada - Vasumitra

L.S. Cousins selwyn at ntlworld.com
Wed Dec 6 15:55:04 MST 2006


Dan,

>???agirikas (Hidden in the Forests and Mountains).
>
>The last school seems unknown in inscriptions.
>
>  .Saa'n.dagirikas (rendered Abiding in Hidden Forests by Paramartha) 
>would indicate this school consisted of hermits, who would have had 
>little use for the pomp and ceremony involved in constructing steles 
>and inscriptions.

I don't think .Sa.n.dagirika can have this kind of meaning, although 
Paramaartha is giving exactly the kind of interpretation you would 
get in a commentary. Rather, .Sa.n.dagiri will be the name of a 
monastery.

Lance

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