Aarya/Dasyu in a Buddhist text (fwd)

[Richard Salomon]

Madhav:

The passage in question is discussed briefly by Lamotte in History of 
Indian Buddhism (English ed.) pp.550 ff. = pp.608 ff. of the French 
original.  But I'm not aware that anyone has ever really figured out 
these specimens of dasyuvak.  

-Rich


On Fri, 4 Aug 1995, Madhav Deshpande wrote:

> Sorry,
> 	The text I have been reading is not Pozadhavastu, but 
> Bhaizajyavastu of the Muulasarvaastivaadavinaya.
> 		M. Deshpande
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 13:12:55 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu>
> To: indology at liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: Aarya/Dasyu in a Buddhist text
> 
> 
> 	While reading the Skt text of Pozadhavastu (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?
> 
> 	All the best,
> 				Madhav Deshpande
> 
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