Notes

n.1The Sūtrasamuccaya is attributed to a Nāgārjuna, but it is unclear whether this refers to the famous Nāgārjuna who flourished around the first and second centuries. See Skilling 2013, p. 203, no. 51.

n.2The picture is complicated by the fact that a further three citations that are not found in the sūtra (or at least in surviving versions) are also cited under a slightly different but similar title. See Skilling 2013, p. 204.

n.3These include the Buddha­kṣetra­guṇokta­dharma­paryāya (Toh 104), The Dhāraṇī of the Jewel Torch (Toh 145), the Buddha­dharmācintya­nirdeśa (Toh 187), and the Acintya­rāja­sūtra (Toh 268).

n.4Skilling 2013, p. 216.

n.5See Skilling 2013, p. 215. For this English translation only the Sanskrit passages in the Śikṣāsamuccaya were consulted. We have identified these passages in notes to the translation. The edited Sanskrit of these four passages are found in Bendall 1971. See also Mahoney (et al.) 2003.

n.6Denkarma, 297.b.2. See also Herrmann-Pfandt 2008, 61-62, no. 108. The Denkarma catalogue is dated to ca. 812 ᴄᴇ.

n.7This passage is a verbatim repetition of the second member of the previous set of five.

n.8There are only four items in this list in all versions of the text.

n.9In Buddhism, purity often has the sense of emptiness, as is the case here.

n.10This passage is quoted in Śāntideva’s Śikṣāsamuccaya . See Bendall 1971, p. 153.16-18.

n.11In this and the following parallel sentences, the names in quotation marks refer to the colors, not to the kings.

n.12Here it seems the key term is absent in all the editions of the text. Based on the previous lists in the text, we have entered “boundless ocean of the levels ”.

n.13As reported in the Gandhavyūha, the vaśirāja gemstone has the power to reveal various features and qualities of the sun and moon.

n.14The preceding two paragraphs are quoted in Śāntideva’s Śikṣāsamuccaya . See Bendall 1971, p. 87.4-13.

n.15This paragraph is quoted in Śāntideva’s Śikṣāsamuccaya . See Bendall 1971, p. 311.6-12

n.16The preceding two paragraphs are quoted in Śāntideva’s Śikṣāsamuccaya . See Bendall 1971, p. 86.1-6.

n.17This paragraph is quoted in Śāntideva’s Śikṣāsamuccaya . See Bendall 1971, p. 86.6-12.