"In the same way, in the southern direction
there is the Thus Come One named Lamp of Sun
and Moon, the Thus Come One Light of Renown,
the Thus Come One Great Blazing Shoulders, the
Thus Come One Sumeru Lamp, the Thus Come One
Infinite Vigor..."


     This passage begins section number twelve
which describes the Buddhas of the Southern
direction which is that of the element fire
and  the  summer  season.  Its color is red, and
it is the Jeweled Production Division ruled
by Jeweled Production Buddha.   Here other
represenative Thus Come Ones are named.   The
construction is identical to that for the
Eastern direction which began in VBS #141,
except that it is simplified to the one word
evam "in the same way" as introduction.  In the
locative phrase daksinasyam "in the southern"
disi  "(in  the)  direction,"  the adjective  for
"southern" modifies the noun that means "direc-
tion," as described for purvasyam disi in that
issue.   The Buddhas are named in the same way,
without a Sanskrit equivalent for the English
words "there is."  Tathagata & its variations of
the nominative singular masculine suffix due to
external  sandhi has also been described before,
as has nama "named/by name."  The Buddhas' names
are possessive adjective compounds nominalized.
The first name is composed of the words candra
"moon," surya  "sun,"  and pradipa lamp."   The
next name is composed of the words yasas (yasah)
"renown," and prabha "light."  In the following,
there are the words maha "great," arcis (arci in
compounds) "flame/blazing," and skandha "shoulder."
meru stands for Mt. Sumeru, and pradipa
again means "lamp."  The final name is composed
of ananta "infinite,  and pirya "vigor."