330 Index
Paramartha 206, 244, 260
parinirva1,1a/parinnibbana 26, 75, 76,
23I, 263; of relics 234; see also
nirvaQ.a
par~at/paristi, four 85-6
paritta chanting I03, III, I68-9
Pataliputra (Patna) I2, 53, 54, 273
path 25, 27-8, 34, 64, 74, 79-84,
I63-20I passim; bodhisattva's I95,
224, 226-3I, 242; five paths I88,
I94-8, 230; gradual 83-4, I65, I98,
268; ordinary/transcendent I88,
I95; path moment I92; see also
eightfold path, meditation
Pa!!htina 202,208
Peking'267
Peppe, w.c. 7,27
perfections (ptiramittilptiraml) 18,
32,227,230
Perfection of Wisdom
(Prajnaparamita) 225-6, 234-7,
240-I,242,243,267
phiis (spirits) I28
pilgrimage IIO, I68
Piprahwa 7
Pol Pot 257
Polunnaruva 254, 255
po~adhaluposatha 90, IIo; hall 97
prajiiti/paiiiiti, see wisdom
Prakrit 7, 4I
prapaiica 235 ·
prtipti 220-I
pratibimba I82
prtitimok~a/ptitimokkha 45, 50, 86,
88-90, J70
pratisandhilpa{isandhi I44
pratyeka-/pacceka-buddha 32-3, 228,
243
Pratyutpanna-buddha-
sammukhtivasthita-samtidhi SiUra
226,258
precepts 7I, 73, 170-4; five IIO,
170-2; eight 9I, IIO, 170; ten 87,
88, 9I, 170; clinging to I73
prthagjanalputhujjana I64, I93
pudgala-nairtitmya 243
Pudgalavada 52, 223
pujti I04, IIO, III, I68
Pure Abodes II8, II9, I94, 23I
Pure Land Buddhispt I07, 233, 259,
260, 263-4; its siitras 226
purifications ( visuddhi), seven
I88-94
Pyu kingdom 256
raft, simile of 7I -2
Rahula 20
Rajagrha 40, 42, 53
rtik~asas I27
Rama IV 256
rang-stong/gzhan-stong 252, 273
Ratnagotravibhtiga 252
rddhiliddhi I85-6
rdzogs-chen 20I, 270
rebirth 3, 17, 27-8, 2I6-17; and 'no
self' I40, I43-4
recollection (anusmrtilanussati) I04,
I77; of gods I3I, I79
refuges, three 34, I07-8, I66, I67,
I73
relics (of the Buddha) 26-7,97, 104,
234
religion, definition of 64-5
renouncer tradition 9-II, 62, 85, 95,
96
Rg Veda I2, 37, 45
Rliys Davids, T. W. I4, 274
ritual 65, 109, I66-9
robes, monastic 87; rag 88, 95, 98-9
Robinson, R 244
Rome 273
Rorty, R 244
rupa I35-6, 2IO
riipa-ktiya 3 I
Russia I
Saddharmapw:u;larika Sutra, see
Lotus Sutra
SaichO 56
Sakra/Sakka II8, I27,203
Sakya (Sa-skya) 27I
Sakya (Sa-skya) Pa1,1!;lita IOI, 27I
Sakyamuni 8
Sakyas 7-8, I9, 27
samtidhi IO, 32, 36, 83-4, II3, I2I,
I74, I76, I77, I79, I8I; see also
dhytina, meditation ·
Samtidhi-rtija Satra 226