112 yuga-regents

100 koan-s

104 years

1. p. 23 "wash … feet"

1. walking on water

2. p. 27 "feet in mud"

2. footprints on paths;

p. 28 "skull's consciousness

skull;

… dragon-moan"

dragon-breaths

3. p. 30 "pass along … roads"

3. traveller

5. p. 39 "millet seed …

4. maize-seeds in

pail.

bowl

5. Dundubhi "kettledrum"

Beat the drum"

6. p. 42 "The herbs"

5. maize-plant

6. S`ata-rupa

p. 44, n. 2 "the

"hundred forms"

Ten Thousand"

7. p. 45 "the Pre-Voice …

6. throat

7. Hr.s.ika,

cf. hars.a "erection"

Verticals"

8. Ketumant,

cf. banner (ketu)

of lecturer

8. p. 50 "lectured …

a burglar"

7. man, broken house

9. p. 54 "four gates"

8. four offerings

10. p. 56 "sheer cliffs"

9. waterfall

11. p. 57 "Yellow Oak …

10. yellow rope

temple"

enclosure

12. p. 60 "grabbed … reflection"

11. grabbed snake

13. p. 63 "into the well"

12 above a well (?)

14. p. 67 "the wedge": kilaya,

13. Su-mukha

"a mythical bird;

bird (Garutman)'s

13. macaw

impression or scratch

Soma-abducting

carrying off

by a fingernail"

talon

human forearm

14. Dus-mukha

"foul-mouthed"

15. p. 71, n. 2 flower-discourse

14. flowery discourse

16. p. 72 "lift up one hand, or

15. pulling rope-ends

… press down one hand"

by hands

16. Dus-ati-krama

"evil-stepping-beyond"

16. animal-paw;

17. p. 77 "Iron-Hand-Mill"

hand-mill (?)

18. p. 78 "mountain-shaped

pilgrim staff."

17. cudgel

19. p. 82 "great universe …

18. sky;

one cuts away"

knife-blade

20. p. 85 "the Great Void"

19. sky;

"arm-rest"

paw on rest

21. p. 88 "your flag"

20. flag being held;

p. 89 "the lotus [stem] …

lianas (?)

under the water"

suspended

21. Su-dhaman,

a class of deity in

tenth Manu-antara

(cf. ten fingers)

23. p. 95 "his hand"

21. a hand

24. p. 98 "the tail"

22. tail-feathers;

p. 99 "Old Buffalo", name

horned animal

22. Vi-rajas "woman who

name for "old lady"

has ceased to menstruate"

25. p. 102 "holding his

23. holding a

pilgrim-staff"

walking-staff

26. p. 104 "strangulation"

24. strangulation

25. Sarasvata "staff"

27. p. 106 "tree withers"

p. 107 "arrow is in the sky"

25. meteors in sky

26. Megha "cloud"

[scil., "of witnesses"]

28.p. 110 "saints and scholars"

27. Megha-vaha

"cloud-carried"

(cf. world-destroying

29. p. 112 "(Universe) …

cloud)

perishes in …

the kalpa fire"

26. house on fire

30. p. 114 "very large radishes

27. large maize-plant;

noses … twisted"

nose-ornament of

rain-goddess

29. Kapila,

name of a mountain

31. p. 116 "native mountain"

p. 117 "road, wide as space"

28. at crossroads,

p. 118 "sutras"

a conversation

(cf. Kapilavastu, town of

S`akya-muni, who there

betwixt

abandoned his wife)

man and woman

32. p. 120, n. 3 "hand"

29. paw;

33. p. 121 "a circle"

sphere

34. p. 124 "he cut off

30. cut-off

two of his fingers"

hand and foot;

31. S`alvala (cf. s`alva,

name of a fruit)

… herbs"

p. 125 "The hermit …

smoky man on

bone-heap (of

forgot"

the forgotten?)

32. Pan~ca-s`ikha =

pan~ca "five" +

35. p. 127 "five hundred …

s`ikha, name of serpent

Dragons and

31. yellow snake and

snakes

red snake

are mixed."

are tied together

36. p. 129 "scent of herbs"

32. flowered funnels

37. p. 131 "search deeply

33. snake entering

into … depths"

into depths of a

p. 132 "divination thinking"

….divination (?)-vase

38. p. 135 "seal … impressed"

34. sigil (?);

"mysterious helmet"

forehead-ray

36. Giri-s`a

"mountain-inhabitant"

39. p. 139 "mountain"

35. sky; head of

Tezcatlipoca, who

in sky became a

p. 140 "Lion"

leopard

37. Bhr.nga "bumble bee"

(drones, during

40. p. 142 "He kept

sexual intercourse,

ten concubines

die)

and died"

"Seven Verticals or

36. vertical blade;

Eight Horizontals …

horizontals;

will not escape"

rope

37. two snakes,

41. p. 145 "lengthwise and

lengthwise and

crosswise"

tied crossing

42. p. 149 "snowflakes …

38. white object,

not -… separate"

tied

41. Lamba-udara

[= Loptr, tied,

39. a man, tied,

exposed to

43. p. 151 "suffer from

exposed

extreme cold or

dripping venom]

extreme heat"

44. p. 154 "Hearing"

40. from man's ear

45. p. 155 "roaring fire"

41. fire under cauldron

46. p. 158 "the current"

42. currents of blood

42. Lamba-aks.a

"suspended eye"

43. stalks of eyen;

47. p. 161 "his death"

skull & crossbones

48. p. 163 "human beings

44. owl [foreboding

often have accidents"

accidents ?]

44. Pra-lambaka

"a fragrant grass"

45. maize-plant on

49. p. 164 "the Net"

netted mound

50. p. 169 "Inside the bowl

46. inside the basket

is the rice …

is the herb;

stars"

black snake (night?)

47. Sadhya-siddhi: sadhya

p. 170, n. 2 children

"having to be

having to be

summoned"

summoned

49. Su-dhaman

"good inmate"

47. man as inmate

of conch-shell, from

51. p. 172 "one tiny crack

its crack

which might open out"

emerging

52. p. 175 "the stone bridge

49. bridge

50. Kas`yapa "deer"

… donkeys and horses"

(cf. kas`yapa "tortoise")

p. 176 "giant turtles"

50 falling into stepped

53. p. 177 "graduation"

(graduated) region

51. Vars.is.t.ha "most

experienced, wise,

p. 178, n. 1 "Passing

learned"

the Examination"

54. p. 179 "iron nail …

51. black knife-blade;

53. Atri

[cf. Latin atrium "hall

for family portraits"]

useless emotions"

mask

54. Deva-sada "god-seat"

55. p. 181 "sitting on … high"

52. throne;

55. S`ravan.a "ear"

56. p. 184 "telepathy …

p. 186 "breaking through"

53. holding awl

58. p. 190 "birds whose

54. quetzal

56. S`ravis.kat.a

(cf. kat.a "twisted straw")

nests

are underground"

descending

59. p. 192 "yes and no …

55. platform, split

58. Kun.i-bahu

"withered arm"

like army of …

by arm-held

spears"

spear

62. US`ANAS

[= OUKAlegoN,

father of Sphinx

(winged lioness)]

63. p. 202 "cut the kitten

in two"

58. double anther

(of flower)

64. p. 203 "took off his

straw sandals, put them

on his head … truly

63.Cyavana, whom

the kitten might have

the gods rescued

been saved" [allusion to

Rama-ayana: sandals

were revered for the

hovering-vimana

59. hovering man, with

journey to domanin of

cat-headed people by

RAMa {= ra<mah,

"thunder" in <ibri^}]

strand (of thunder ?)

from mouth

65. p. 206 "the shadow of

the whip" {cf.

"whips of

scorpions"}

60. scorpion

65. Utathya,

[cf. Aztec myth of man

chastiserof rapist

chastized for fornication

by being tranformed into

a scorpion]

66. p. 209 "a precious sword

62. hilted knife,

had fallen into the hands"

held in hand

63. jeweled blood

67. p. 211 "wife's name

(menstrual ?)

was 'Wondrous Light'

from sun upon

and … had two sons."

"Two scriptures …"

two objects

68. p. 214 "the axis

64. striped (like

of the earth …

barber's pole)

pointer, held by

"giving [to self]

god clad in

the name

the skin

of his questioner"

of another

68. Maha-bala

"greatly strong"

[stong as an ox]

69. p. 217 "the Iron Ox

as a protecting deity

to prevent the river

from flooding." {cf.

hindrance of the Lerna

from flooding by

Maha-nila

"greatly blue"

searing of Hudra

65. igniting a blue

dragon}

dragon

69. Vacas-s`ravas

"renown of [the

70. p. 221 "the words …

66. speech of a

goddess] Vac"

woman

like the flowers …

as flowery

forest of coral"

string of jewels

72. p. 223 "mouth and lips

68. mouth and lips

70. Su-vira

"sour rice gruel"

sip beverage;

… in danger"

holding knife

71. S`yava-asya

"brown face"

73. p. 226 "'White Head'

… 'Black Head'"

p. 227, n. 3 deceitful,

69. smoky

purloining woman

warrioress

70. earth-skull

74. p. 228 "'hidden plots'

(emblem of plot ?)

swallowing human

72. Yati-is`vara

yati "stopping, ceasing"

… true peace"

73. Hiran.ya-naman

"golden name"

75. p. 230 "honoured

nobility"

p. 232 "blowing

71. out of mouth,

the gourd-flute"

extension

76. p. 233 "to burn

72. burrning

this image"

split temple;

p. 235 "a man

an arm

who held down

which held a

his dead ox's head

dead man's head

74. Kaus`alya

cf. kus`a "grass"

to make him eat grass"

77. p. 237 "to hide its body

73. man hiding his body

under a hard shell"

in a conch-shell

78. p. 238 "the temple bath

74. in a temple,

(a large square tank)"

a woman drinking

76. Pra-ghima

cf. pra-hima "having

p. 239 "the feel of water

severe winters"

on their naked bodies"

79. p. 240 "a blow …

75. spear

77. Su-mantu "adviser"

persisted in mocking"

76. vomitting speech

78. Varvari "stammering"

(stammering ?) and

81. p. 243 "carry out this

riding on

dead fellow to burial"

bones

82. p. 244 "the pillow"

77. fluff-covered mat;

"The flowers like a

flowers

beautiful brocade.

being pressed into a

… blue."

blue

79. Kabandha "barrel"

vase

80. Kuks.ikan-dhara =

78. man with arms crossed

kuks.ika "little belly" +

(across belly ?)

dhara "support"

83. p. 247 "exposed pillar"

84. p. 249 "utterly naked"

79. naked god & naked man

81. PLAKS.A "side-door"

p. 250 "the Temple Gate

80. opening into aedifice

[= Latin PLEXUS

"complicated"]

… complication"

85. p. 252 "From his forehead

81. from his forehead,

beams of light" beams of light;

p. 253 "stole a bell"

nestled flowers

86. p. 256 "the flower …

82. flowery

the tree throws no shade"

spears,

82. Darbha-ayan.i =

darbha "grass-blades,

tied in a bunch" +

tied in a bunch

83. death-goddess with

ayana "travel"

"… riding their oxen"

footprint on her

87. p. 258 "a medicine and

84. grain, with

83. Ketumant

"providing banners"

red banners as

scarecrows (to scare off

a poison in it"

birds from eating it)

85. blood falling from the sun

["of righteousness, with

healing"]

84. Gautama,

one of the.three

88. p. 259 "the Three Kinds

Kevalin-s (isolates);

of Disability"

for a head [of >a^da^m,

father of three

father of three

(Ekata, Dwita, Trita)

(Qayin, Hebel, S^e^t)]

85. Bhallava "a bear":

cf. bear-pawed

86. paw

sorcerer of Trois Fre`res

89. p. 261 "Hand and

86. arm; sky with

Eye"

stars or eyen

88. pecking, by bird,

on god's head {cf.

pecking, by bird, for lice

p. 263 "Garud.a bird

by bird on head of

… in Indra's

king of gods Rehua,

palace"

in palace}

86. Madhu, accompanier

of KaiT.Bha {cf. QuT.B

"[star of celestial]

p. 264 "eyes at the ends

pole"}

of the staffs"

90. p. 265 "utterly naked"

89. naked

87. Pinga "yellow"

yellow death-god

91. p. 267 conical-shaped

90. conical funnels

"rhinoceros … horns"

as fan

in fan-like array

92. p. 269 "falconer" as

keeper of (perched) "falcon"

91. perched macaw

p. 270 "World Revered One

92. the sun-god

at once came down"

descending

89. Us`i-ja

p. 271, n. 3 sindava, retainer

"wished-generated"

aware of master's wish

93. p. 271 "grace before meals

93. food in bowl;

… The monk acted with

making making

a mimiming gesture.

a gesture

94. over wrapped body

… Fox -Bogey …

(of animal ?),

first arrow … second"

spears

92. Kavi "poet" {poet

Homeros suffered death

p. 272 "suffered

by hanging

drowning on dry land"

94. p. 273 "The White Ox

95. white death-god holding

93. S`ali-hotra

s`ali "civet, pole-cat

(which became lion)"

… lion"

S`ali-hotra was a

p. 274 "elephant … ox …

veterinary

suffering from the malady"

p. 275 hermit Kapila was

captive having

"'golden-haired'

on head yellow spots

(or red-haired)"

speckled with red

95. p. 275 "horns {qarin

"horn" is also "light-ray"}

96. rays out of god's

may grow on your head" thinking-cap;

p. 276 "What language,

written scroll (?),

then …?"

rolled-up

94. Agni-ves`a =

agni " fire" +

96. p. 278 "pass through fire"

p. 279 transmission

(by Bodhi-dharma)

of doctrine to first

native Chinese

97. pig-tail (hair)

Zen patriarch

of levitator over

ves`a "tent"

p. 280 "heritage …

smashed

sundered

the oven"

fire-chamber

97. p. 280 "sharp"

98. spears; knife

96. S`arad-vasu

"autumn goods"

98. p. 282 "Summer Retreats

97. Chagala "goat":

… took three 'rainy', i.e.

cf. chaga "limping"

discontented, steps"

100. footprint

102. capped with

99. p. 285 "bell-like"

(bell-like)

nestled flowers

99. Kumbha-an.d.a =

kumbha "a jar" +

104. toward bowl,

an.d.a "an egg"

quetzal

S`iva Puran.a:

R. D. M. Shaw (transl.):

S`ata-Rudra Sam.hita 4;

The Blue Cliff Records.

Codex Borgia, pp. 1 to 8

London, 1961.

Vayaviya Sam.hita 1:9