Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra
by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön | 2001 | 941,039 words
This page describes “velama-jataka” as written by Nagarjuna in his Maha-prajnaparamita-sastra (lit. “the treatise on the great virtue of wisdom”) in the 2nd century. This book, written in five volumes, represents an encyclopedia on Buddhism as well as a commentary on the Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita.
The Velāma-jātaka
Thus the bodhisattva Wei-lo-mo (Velāma), having made gifts for twelve years, still offered richly adorned dairy cows, vases made of the seven jewels, courtesans – the three groups each containing 84,000 items – and also other things made of wood and food (annapāna) in incalculable amounts.
Notes on the Velāma-jātaka:
Velāmajātaka, see p. 677–688F.