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[muckefuck]

Bhagavato-bhaiṣajyaguruvaiḍūryaprabhasya-pūrvapraṇidhānaviśeṣavistāra.

(Yes, I'm cataloging Buddhist scriptures today. How could you tell?)

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[aadroma.livejournal.com]

I think spelling bee contestants have nightmares about words like this ^o^

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Even Germans would be frightened by it!

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

:: giggle :: Oh German, what other language can you have one word hypenated onto 3 lines in CD liner notes? ^_-

[donncha22.livejournal.com]

Piece of cake!

Bhagavato = lord
bhaiṣajya = healing
guru= teacher
vaiḍūrya-prabhasya = of-cat's-eye-gem-master
= of the Lord Medicine Buddha

pūrva = first
praṇidhāna = vow
viśeṣa = specificity
vistāra = enumeration
= enumeration of the specific original vows

= The enumeration of the specific original vows of the Lord Medicine Buddha

My partner Steve and I were very big on भैषज़यराज, the Medicine Buddha, back when he had AIDS in the mid-eighties. Not that it did a damn bit of good.

[donncha22.livejournal.com]

Actually, lapis lazuli is a better translation than "cat's-eye-gem", despite what the dictionaries say. The color of the Medicine Buddha is a deep, rich, midnight blue.

[caprinus.livejournal.com]

Ooh can you do another? I tried to analyse śabdasamarpyamāṇahṛdayasaṃvādasundaravibhāvānubhāvasamucitaprāgviniviṣṭaratyādivāsanānurāgasukumārasvasaṃvidānandavarvaṇāvyāpārarasanīyarūpaḥ by myself, but I failed somewhere in the middle :(

All these crazy writers should have taken to heart the dictum "ardhamātrālāghavena putrotsavaṃ manyante vaiyākaraṇāḥ". No wonder there are more Latinists in the world.

[donncha22.livejournal.com]

Not a piece of cake! With the likes of "hṛdayasaṃvāda" and "rasanīyarūpaḥ" I can see we're looking at Sanskrit aesthetic theory, never my favorite. Not to muck up Muckefuck's blog further, perhaps I can send what I've come up with to you or your blog?

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Muck away!

Agus a Dhonncha, aon uair a bheidh seans agat, níor mhiste leat ruaig a thabhairt ar an gclár Gaeilge ag Daltaí. Tá iarratas beag ar eolas Sean-Ghaeilge ann ón lá inné.

[donncha22.livejournal.com]

How does this breakdown compare to what you have, Caprinus?

śabda - sound, word
samarpya - to be delivered (completely)
māṇa - opinion, will, purpose
hṛdaya - heart
saṃvāda - agreeing with
: hṛdayasaṃvāda - concord of heart, i.e. between the poet and his audience
sundara - beautiful
vibhāva - (artistic) cause of emotion; ecstasy
anubhāva - perception, feeling
samucita - accumulated, collected
prāg - before
viniviṣṭa - dwelling (in)
rati - pleasure
ādi - beginning
vāsana - dwelling
(note: आदिवासी is the Hindi for "aborigine / tribal")
anurāga - affection, attachment
su - good
kumāra - child, youth, prince
sva - own
saṃvid - consciousness
ānanda - joy
varvaṇā - fly (insect) ???
vyāpāra - occupation, exertion, effort
rasanīya - to be tasted; tasty
rūpaḥ - form

[donncha22.livejournal.com]

Maidir leis an gclár plé sin, d'éirigh mé as tamall ó shin. Bhí mé ag éirí bréan den "same-old same-old". Is sláintiúil an saoire seo domsa. Más mian leat teachtaireacht a chur chugam leis an gceist sin, bheinn sásta súi a thabhairt uirthi, áfach. Má tá suim agat féin inti.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Tá freagairt curtha faoi dheireadh di ag Lughaidh.