Re: [INDOLOGY] The ritual use of kārīṣi instead of gomaya

[Warner Belanger]

Of course. Here are the first two verses of the passage. It's from the
Second Avalokita Sūtra in the Mahāvastu.
The word kārīṣi occurs in five following verses as well.
This section of the 2nd Avalokita Sūtra is missing from the Tibetan
translation.
     dharmaṃ karitvā karikāradharmaṃ
     ārogyaprāpto care sarvaloke /
     praśaṃsanīyo bhavate janasya
     kārīṣi dattvā jinacetiyeṣu //
     akhaṇḍaśīlo ca ariktadhyāno
     prāptvāna sevāṃ dhanam aprasahyaṃ /
     ājñāṃ karoti bahukāṃ janasya
     kārīṣi dattvā jinacetiyeṣu //



On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Ashok Aklujkar <ashok.aklujkar at gmail.com>wrote:

> Could kārīṣi be a corruption of kaariirii, which is a relatively minor
> ritual (i.s.ti)  performed to induce rain fall? The nature of this ritual
> is such that it could have been common to Brahmanism and Buddhism. Research
> is making it increasingly clear that as lived religions (as distinct from
> philosophical religions) Brahmanism and Buddhism were much closer than
> scholarship has so far taken them to be.
>
> (There is also an old article by P.V. Bapat on the names of 'Brahmin'
> ritual names (;samyaappraasa etc.) occurring in Buddhist texts. I do not
> have the reference at hand.)
>
> If you quote the full passage, it would perhaps be easier to find a
> solution.
>
> a.a.
>
>
> On 2014-02-21, at 12:37 PM, Warner Belanger wrote:
>
> Dear List Members,
> I've come across a passage in a Buddhist text which describes the benefits
> of offering kārīṣi at a caitya.
> I assume that this refers to dry cow dung based on Monier-Williams but
> also Turner's *A comparative dictionary of Indo-Aryan languages.* I'm not
> sure for what purpose this would be used ritually. Would it be smeared on
> the caitya or perhaps used as fuel? Could this word have been used for such
> a reason instead of gomaya?
> Any references or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
> Warner
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