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18 THUS SYSTEM UF SAK.YAMUNI.
Srainana arc two epithets of Sakyamuni, as explained
before.
The ancient religious works apply to Sakyamuni's
followers the title of Sravakas "hearers," a name also
having reference to their spiritual perfection. The
Buddhists of this period seem to have called themselves
Sramanas, "those who restrain their thoughts, the purely
acting," in allusion to their moral virtues as well as
their general conduct.1
confession, for which see Chapter XI. —In the translation of this sentence I
have followed Hodgson; see his "Illustrations," p. 158. Other translations of
various readings have been published by Prinsep, Csoma, Mill, and recently
compared by Colonel Sykes. See his "Miniature Chaityas and inscriptions
of the Buddhist religious dogma," in R. As. Soc, Vol. XVI., p. 37. The
Sanskrit text written with Tibetan characters, and the Tibetan version is
given in Plate I.
1 Wassiljew, ;'Der Buddhismus," p. 69.
Srainana arc two epithets of Sakyamuni, as explained
before.
The ancient religious works apply to Sakyamuni's
followers the title of Sravakas "hearers," a name also
having reference to their spiritual perfection. The
Buddhists of this period seem to have called themselves
Sramanas, "those who restrain their thoughts, the purely
acting," in allusion to their moral virtues as well as
their general conduct.1
confession, for which see Chapter XI. —In the translation of this sentence I
have followed Hodgson; see his "Illustrations," p. 158. Other translations of
various readings have been published by Prinsep, Csoma, Mill, and recently
compared by Colonel Sykes. See his "Miniature Chaityas and inscriptions
of the Buddhist religious dogma," in R. As. Soc, Vol. XVI., p. 37. The
Sanskrit text written with Tibetan characters, and the Tibetan version is
given in Plate I.
1 Wassiljew, ;'Der Buddhismus," p. 69.