Aarya/Dasyu in a Buddhist text (fwd)

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Madhav Deshpande writes:

>        While reading the Skt text of Pozadhavastu (corr. Bhaishajyavastu)
>(Gilgit Manuscripts, Vol. III, Part I, p. 258), I came across an
>interesting passage.  Here,
>Buddha is deciding how he should preach to the four guardians of the
>directions (DhRtaraazTra, ViruuDHaka, etc.).  He says that two of them
>are 'aaryajaatiiya' and two are 'dasyujaatiiya'.  If he teaches in the
>'aarya vaak' then the Dasyus will not comprehend it, and if he teaches in
>the 'dasyuvaak' then the Aryas will not comprehend it.  Finally, he
>decides to preach each in his own type of language.  While the 'aarya
>vaak' is obviously Sanskrit, the little pieces of Dasyuvaak are some
>incomprehensible words.  Besides this, the Arya guardians are in the east
>and the south, while the Dasyu guardians are in the west and the north.
>        Has anyone written anything about this passage?  Are there
>similar or contrasting passages elsewhere in Buddhist literature?

I have a rough note which says that Lokesh Chandra gives references to th
Buddha preaching to Viruupaaksha in ? either the language of the borders or
in Dravi.da:
Ludwik Sternbach Felicitation Volume, Part One, p. 496 (Akhila Bharatiya
Sanskrit Parishad, Lucknow, 1979).

It is interesting to note that Viruupaaksha was an important deity in
Vijayanagara.

Lance Cousins

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