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muckefuck ([personal profile] muckefuck) wrote2009-04-14 01:33 pm

Title of the Day

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

[identity profile] aadroma.livejournal.com 2009-04-14 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I think spelling bee contestants have nightmares about words like this ^o^

[identity profile] donncha22.livejournal.com 2009-04-15 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
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.