Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2Eliot, Charles
Religion
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2
Eliot, Charles
Asia -- Religion; Buddhism; Hinduism
[Footnote 239: Watters, _Yüan Chwang_, II. 221-224. Nanjio, 1237. The
works of Guṇamati also are said to show a deep knowledge of the
Sânkhya philosophy.]
[Footnote 240: For the history of logic in India, see Vidyâbhusana's
interesting work _Mediæval School of Indian Logic_, 1909. But I cannot
accept all his dates.]
[Footnote 241: Diṅnâga's principal works are the Pramâṇa-samuccaya
and the Nyâya-praveśa. Hsüan Chuang calls him Ch'en-na. See Watters,
II. 209. See Stcherbatskoi in _Muséon_, 1904, pp. 129-171 for
Diṅnâga's influence on the development of the Naiyâyika and
Vaiśeshika schools.]
[Footnote 242: His personal name is said to have been P'u-ti-to-lo and
his surname Ch'a-ti-li. The latter is probably a corruption of
Kshatriya. Hsiang-Chih possibly represents a name beginning with
Gandha, but I can neither find nor suggest any identification.]
[Footnote 243: See _B.E.F.E.O._ 1903, pp. 379 ff.]
[Footnote 244: His evil deeds are several times mentioned by Hsüan
Chuang. It required a miracle to restore the Bo tree.]
[Footnote 245: See Ettinghausen, _Harshavardhana_, Appendix III.]
[Footnote 246: The appearance of Gaurî as a _dea ex machina_ at the
end hardly shows that Harsha's Buddhism had a Śâktist tinge but it
does show that Buddhists of that period turned naturally to Śivaite
mythology.]
[Footnote 247: Harshacarita, chap. VII. The parrots were expounding
Vasubandhu's Abhidharma-kośa. Bâṇa frequently describes troops of
holy men apparently living in harmony but including followers of most
diverse sects. See Kâdambari, 193 and 394: Harshacar. 67.]
[Footnote 248: It is curious that Bâṇa (Harshacarita, VII.) says of
this prince that from childhood he resolved never to worship anyone
but Śiva.]
[Footnote 249: The Râshṭra-pâla-paripṛicchâ (Ed. Finot, pp. ix-xi,
28-33) inveighs against the moral degeneration of the Buddhist clergy.
This work was translated into Chinese between 589 and 618, so that
demoralisation must have begun in the sixth century.]
[Footnote 250: See Rhys Davids in _J.R.A.S._ 1891, pp. 418 ff.]
[Footnote 251: Hsüan Chuang was not disposed to underrate the numbers
of the Mahayana for he says that the monks of Ceylon were
Mahayanists.]
[Footnote 252: See the beginning of the Kathâvatthu. The doctrine is
formulated in the words Puggalo upalabbhati saccikaṭṭhaparamaṭṭhenâti,
and there follows a discussion between a member of the orthodox school and
a Puggalavâdin, that is one who believes in the existence of a person, soul
or entity which transmigrates from this world to another.]
[Footnote 253: Sam. Nik. XXII. 221.]
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