[Buddha-l] Perfection of Sanskrit

[L.S. Cousins]

Dan,

One need not take it as a compound, if one reads niṣṭhā nirvāṇaḥ. If it 
is a new sentence, the Sanskrit would translate as 'The culmination is 
nirvāṇa'.

Lance


On 29/08/2013 14:40, Dan Lusthaus wrote:
> The Skt line is:
>
> cittāvaraṇanāstitvādatrasto viparyāsātikrānto niṣṭhanirvāṇaḥ
>
> The corresponding Chinese is:
>
> 心無罣礙，無罣礙故無有恐怖，遠離一切顛倒夢想，究竟涅槃。
>
> which could be translated:
> "[the bodhisattva, relying on Prajñā-pāramitā,] is without mental 
> obstructions; because there are no obstructions, there is no fear. 
> Completely detached from all conceptually-perverted dream thoughts, 
> [this is] ultimate Nirvana."
>
> I suppose one could translate niṣṭha-nirvāṇaḥ as "being fixed in 
> nirvana" or "stable nirvana."