Karandavyuha Sutra
by Mithun Howladar | 2018 | 73,554 words
This page relates “Mahavastu” of the Karandavyuha Sutra (analytical study): an important 4th century Sutra extolling the virtues and powers of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. The Karandavyuhasutra also introduces the mantra “Om mani padme hum” into the Buddhist Sutra tradition.
Part 3 - Mahāvastu
It is a book of the Vinaya of the Lokottaravādins a subsection of the Mahārānghikas. It treats the life of the Buddha is three sections. The whole work, the prose as well as verse is written in "Mixed Sanskrit ". It is lacking in literary art. There is no uniformity in the language. Language and style of the earlier and later portions of this work can be clearly distinguished from each other. This book is like a treasure house of the Jātakas and the Avadānas. In spite of many interpolations this look represents transition from Hinayāna to Mahāyāna.