DivyAvadAna

Georg von Simson g.v.simson at EAST.UIO.NO
Tue Aug 25 11:23:37 UTC 1998


>In the GaNDavyUha sUtra, Sudhana after visiting
>what is today's Orissa, Andhra, Karnataka, Tamilnadu
>places and mountains, visits Potalaka mountain.
>
>
>Is the Potalaka mountain mentioned in the Divya avadAnam?
>Especially, in the Chapter 30: SudhanakumAra avadAnam. ??
>
Edgerton mentions in his Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary s.v. potalaka
(2) (n. of a mountain) in addition to GandhavyUha 208.8 only MahAvyutpatti
4154, and not the DivyAvadAna. And s.v. Pautalaka = Po. his only reference
is MahAmAyUrI (ed. Oldenbourg 1899) 253.27 (prose).

Regards

   Georg v. Simson





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