On the Sogdian Version of the… (2)
May 17th, 2010 by arhthoau
i refer to this post with the following addition:
5) 2008 book chapter:
Also the Bodhisattva Maitreya said to the Buddha: “O Lord of the World, how many non-retrogressive bodhisattvas are there in this world who will be born in that world (i.e. the pure land)?” The Buddha said to the Bodhisattva Maitreya: “In this world there are seventy-seven crores of non-retrogressive bodhisattvas who will go to and will be born in that world.”
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cf. 2008 article: pwδ’ystβ: Sukh. (6x)
we first locate “bodhisattva” at r3, r4, r5 (at the joint of the fragments) and r6 (at the joint of the fragments).
pwt (”buddha”) is seen to the left of r3 item and to the right of r5 item.
the identical chunks starting with mytr- (?) to the right of r3 and r5 items respectively are likely to be the “maitreya”, something like mytrg in parthian.
the identical chunks to the right of r4 and r6 items respectively are likely to be the term “non-retrogressive”. furthermore, the item starting with kwr- (?) further to the right of r6’s “non-retrogressive” might be the term “crores”.