"...the Thus Come One Sumeru Banner, the
Thus Come One Great Sumeru, the Thus Come
One Sumeru Light, the Thus Come One
Auspicious Banner..."

     Shakyamuni Buddha began naming the Buddhas
of the Eastern direction in the previous lesson
with the Thus Come One named Aksobhya, Host of
that division.  Other representative Buddhas
are named  in this  lesson,  their names  and  the
Sanskrit for "Thus Come One" both appearing in
the nominative case since they are subjects in
the sentence.  The literal translation of the
first Buddha, merudhvajo nama tathagato, is as
"(Su)meru Banner by name Thus Come One."  nama
is  the adverbal  accusative of the neuter noun
naman  "name."  The  masculine  noun  meru  is  the
name of the mountain commonly called Mount
Sumeru,  "Wonderfully High Mountain," which  forms
the  center of a world-system.   The  next Buddha
is named maha "Great" meru "Sumeru," and the
Buddha following is named meru "Sumeru"
prabhasa  "Light"  or "Splendor"--which appears with
final  -o when used in the sentence.   It is a
masculine noun,  but would  be masculine  anyway
as the name of the Buddha.  The same is true of
dhvaja   in  the  final   Buddha's  name  as  in  the
first--and manju means "Auspicious" or "lucky."