[Buddha-l] Perfection of Sanskrit

[Michael Attwood]

Hi Dan,

I have dictionaries. I had hoped for a little more imagination.

Jayarava



On 30 August 2013 11:03, Dan Lusthaus <vasubandhu at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Thanks for this. However, I am seeking a better Sanskrit translation of
>> 究竟涅槃,
>> not a better English translation of either.
>> Jayarava
>>
>
> It doesn't work like that. While there are common equivalents, it's rarely
> a matter of one-to-one invariable correspondences. You had asked in the
> context of the Heart Sutra -- and the corresponding Skt there was
> niṣṭha-nirvāṇa, which is found in other texts as well.
>
> In A. Hirakawa's Skt-Ch Dictionary he gives the following Skt equivalents
> for 究竟涅槃:
>
> nirvāṇa-paryavasāna, niṣṭha-nirvāṇa, parinirvāṇa
>
> For 證究竟涅槃, he gives: parinirvṛta
>
> The Yogacarabhumi contains the following equivalents, including Tibetan:
>
> 究竟涅槃 atyanta-niṣṭhe nirvāṇe SHIN TU MTHAR THUG PA'I MYA NGAN LAS 'DAS PA
> 最極究竟涅槃 atyanta-niṣṭha-nirvāṇa SHIN TU MTHAR THUG PA'I MYA NGAN LAS 'DAS PA
>
> Additional Tibetan equivalents (with probable Skt -- from Yogacarabhumi):
> 究竟涅槃  YONGS SU MYA NGAN LAS 'DA' BAR 'GYUR BA (pari-nir-/vā:parinirvāti)
> 究竟涅槃  YONGS SU MYA NGAN LAS 'DAS PA (parinirvāṇa, nirvāṇa; parinirvṛta
> 究竟涅槃  MA LUS PA MYA NGAN LAS 'DAS PA (Complete nirvāṇa)
>
> 薩迦耶滅究竟涅槃  'JIG TSOGS 'GOG PA'I MYA NGAN LAS 'DAS PA
> (satkāya-nirodha-nirvāṇa. satkāya-nirodhe nirvāṇe)
> 無上安隱究竟涅槃  BDE BA BLA NA MED PA'I MYA NGAN LAS 'DAS PA (highest happiness
> nirvāṇa).
>
> So, the jury concludes, the "better" Skt for 究竟涅槃 are niṣṭha-nirvāṇa and
> atyanta-niṣṭha-nirvāṇa / atyanta-niṣṭhe nirvāṇe.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
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