vyūha (14740)

vyūha
Entry 14740, Page 520, Col. 1

(vyUha, vyUha)
vyūha¦, also spelled viyūha chiefly in vss, and cf. vyūhā; m., (1) (as in Skt. and Pali, mass, heap) mass, large amount: yā kāci rati-viyūhā divyā LV 36.16 (vs) = Tib. lha yi dgaḥ ba rnam maṅ ji sñed pa, what large quan- tities of divine pleasures; (2) in Mahāyāna works (not in Pali), arrangement, but with regular overtones of mar- velous, supernatural, magical arrangement, esp. of Buddha- fields; Tib. bkod pa; Jä. orderly arrangement, but it is more than that; the related ḥgod pa is also rendered decorate, adorn, and vyūha implies magnificerice, splendor, as well as supernatural qualities; it seems very close to Skt. vibhūti as used e.g. in Bh.G. ch. 10 (see note 3 on vs 7 of my transl.), and supernal manifestation, which I chose for vibhūti, would do for BHS vyūha; note LV 317.19 (prose) tāṃś ca vyūhān vibhūtiṃ dṛṣṭvā bodhi- sattvasya, Māraḥ…, seeing the B.'s supernal manifesta- tions and marvelous power (splendor), Māra… The word is used in such titles as Sukhāvatī-vyūha, Gaṇḍa-vyūha, with this mg., and is a special favorite in SP and LV; the translations of Burnouf, Kern, and Foucaux fumble it for the most part; hence the above attempt to make it clear; it seems to me essentially simple, tho no one English word is appropriate: (nāsmābhir eṣu…buddha-) kṣetra- vyūheṣu vā bodhisattvavikrīḍiteṣu vā…spṛhotpāditā SP 101.2, we conceived no desire for…these supernal mani- festations (or arrangements) of the Buddha-fields…; kṣetreṣu buddhāna śruṇitva vyūhān 117.2 (vs); Raśmiprabhāsasya viyūha bheṣyati 146.12 (vs), the supernal manifestation of (the future Buddha) R. shall exist (in his Buddha-field, just described; viyūha n. sg., not loc. with Burnouf and Kern); sarveṣa etādṛśakāś ca vyūhā…tatha buddha- kṣetraṃ 209.1 (vs), all (the Buddhas just mentioned) shall have just such supernal manifestations, and also (a) Buddha- field(s); (Ānanda, for whom Buddhahood has just been predicted) ātmanaś ca buddhakṣetraguṇa-vyūhāñ śrutvā 219.4, hearing the supernal manifestations of excellent qualities in his own (future) Buddha-field; sarvākāraguṇo- petā (v.l. °to) buddhakṣetraguṇa-vyūhā (v.l. °ho) bhavi- ṣyanti (no v.l. recorded) 220.5; samāś caiṣāṃ buddha- kṣetraguṇavyūhā bhaviṣyanti 221.10; (tathāgatādhiṣṭhā- nena tathāgata-) balādhānena tathāgatavikrīḍitena tathā- gatavyūhena (by the T.'s supernal manifestation) tathā- gatābhyudgatajñānena 426.7 (all the parallel words mean substantially by the T.'s supernatural power); bodhimaṇḍa- paripālakair devaputrais tādṛśā vyūhā bodhimaṇḍa abhi- nirmitā (q.v.) abhūvan LV 278.5; tāṃś ca vyūhān dṛṣṭvā 7; ye ca kecin mahāvyūhāḥ (sc. buddha-) kṣetrakoṭīṣv anantakāḥ 280.17 (vs); Chap. 20 of LV is entitled Bodhi- maṇḍa-vyūha-parivartaḥ; in it the word is frequent, e.g. ratnachattra-vyūhaḥ 291.11, manifestation of a jewelled umbrella; prabhā-v° 292.1, referring to the ekaratnajāla of 291.22, which prob. means single-jewel-magic, a magical manifestation of a brilliant jewel (or jewels); buddha- kṣetraguṇa-vyūhās (as above) 292.12, displayed at the bodhimaṇḍa; tebhyaḥ sarva-vyūhebhya iyaṃ gāthā niśca- rati sma 292.14; sarvaguṇa-vyūhaṃ kūṭāgāraṃ 293.1; kasyāyam evaṃrūpaḥ kūṭāgāra-vyūhaḥ 293.3; etc.; at beginning of next chapter, referring back to chapter 20, ima evaṃrūpā vyūhā…bodhimaṇḍe 'bhisaṃskṛtā abhūvan 299.15; dṛṣṭā sa viyūha śobhanā (ed. so°) bodhi- maṇḍasmi marūbhi (so m.c. for text maru°) yā kṛtā 364.20 (vs); (tataś ca) prabhāvyūhād imā gāthā niścaranti sma 411.19, and from this manifestation of splendor (of the Buddha)…; yā bodhimaṇḍi prakṛtā ca surair viyūhā, yā vā viyūha kṛta sarva(-?)jinātmajebhiḥ, sā sarva saṃ- sthita viyūha ti dharmacakre 416.5--7 (at the dharmacakra- [Page520-b+ 71] pravartana; sā suggests that viyūha may be f., see vyūhā); buddhakṣetra-vyūha- Mvy 859; ahaṃ (sc. buddha-) kṣetra- vyūhān niṣpādayiṣyāmi Vaj 38.6, and ff.; many others could be added; other cases of viyūha, § 3.104.

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