What's in a Name? In the Case of the Sanghāta, Quite a Lot
Though its
full title is the Ārya Sanghāta Sūtra Dharma-Paryāya, the discourse is
fondly called by its
readers (and sometimes by itself) 'the Sanghāta.'
Just why it is called 'Sanghāta' is open for discussion. To
read more about what the name means, click
here.
In the Words of the Sanghāta:
Bhaishajya-séna is my name.
I am the medicine of sentient beings.
The best of all the medicines,
that one I will teach to you —
the one that pacifies all the sicknesses
that have infected sentient beings.
The sickness of attachment is a great sickness.
Unbearable, it terrifies the world.
The sickness of ignorance is great
and fierce,
making one wander mindlessly.
- Ārya Sanghāta Sūtra
Guide for Readers
Glossary
When it is completed - probably in the distant future, to be frank,
this page will contain a glossary of technical terms appearing in the Sanghāta,
as well as explanations of the Sanskrit terms left untranslated in the English translation.
For the moment, the list of words that will be defined and/or explained
is provided, and we
welcome suggestions for other terms that should be included.
Adakavatī
Arhat
asura
Avici
bhikshu
bhikshuni
bhūtas
Black Line Hell
Blessed One
Bodhisattva
devas
dharani
Dharma king
Extremely Hot Hell
garuda
Great Lotus–like Hell
Heaven of the Thirty-Three
Hell called Hair Rising,
Hell of Crushing
Hell of Kyi Hu
Hell of Lamentation
Hot Hell
Indra
Long-Lived Ones
Mahavici
Mara
nāga
nirvāna
Non-returner
Once-returner
pishachas
pratyekabuddha
preta
pure abodes
rakshasa
samsāra
Sangha
shravaka
stream-enterer/stream entry
stupa
Sugata
Sukhavati
Tathāgata
ten grounds
Thought of enlightenment or mind of enlightenment
upāsaka
upāsikā
utpala -
Uttarakuru
world system
world systems consisting of three thousand great thousand worlds.
yaksha
Yama
yojana
