Prologue 163 (1) The yāna / jñāna confusion among the Sanskrit recensions 167 (1.1) yāna / jñāna in verse 167 (1.2) yāna / jñāna in prose 168 (1.3) yāna / jñāna in the Sanskrit recensions of the Lotus Sutra 168 (2) The yāna / jñāna confusion between the Chinese translations and the Sanskrit recensions 169 (2.1) The yāna / jñāna confusion in verse 169 (2.1.1) yāna / “wisdom” 169 (2.1.2) jñāna / “path” (= yāna) in verse 169 (2.1.3) jñāna, yāna / “vehicle”-cum-“wisdom” in verse 169 (2.2) The yāna / jñāna confusion in prose 170 (2.2.1) yāna / “wisdom” 170 (2.2.2) jñāna / “vehicle” “path” (= yāna) 170 (2.3) The yāna / jñāna confusion between the Chinese translations and the Sanskrit version 170 (3) The yāna / jñāna confusion caused by phonetic development in Prakrit 170 (3.1) yāna, jñāna > Pkt. *jāna/jāṇa 170 (3.2) The reason for the yāna / jñāna confusion in the Lotus Sutra 171 (4) Traces of Pkt. *jāna (“wisdom”) in the Chinese translations 172 (4.1) jñāna / -jāna 172 (4.2) jñāna / jana 172 (4.3) jñāna > *jāna / jhāna < dhyāna 172 (4.4) yāna / jana / jñāna / dhyāna 173 (4.5) *jāna (< jñāna and yāna) in the earliest stage of the transmission of the Lotus Sutra 173 (5) An instance of wordplay based on the Prakrit form *jāna (< jñāna and yāna) ––– Chapter III “Parable” of the Lotus Sutra 174 (5.1) “The Parable of the Burning House” in verse 174 (5.2) “The Parable of the Burning House” in the prose portion 177 (5.2.1) Desiring yāna is likened to desiring jñāna 177 (5.2.2) Mahāyāna likened to buddhajñāna 179 (5.3) *buddha-jāna, meaning “Buddha-wisdom”, was sanskritised to buddha-yāna 179 (6) On yāna and jñāna used synonymously 180 (6.1) Verses in Chapter II “Expedient Means” 180 (6.2) A verse and the prose part in Chapter VIII “Prediction of Buddhahood for Five Hundred Disciples” 180 (6.3) Chapter VII “The Parable of the Phantom City” 181 (6.3.1) Verses of Chapter VII “The Parable of the Phantom City” 181 (6.3.2) Prose portion of Chapter VII “The Parable of the Phantom City” 182 (6.4) *jāna > jñāna, yāna 183 (7) Mahāyāna < mahājāna (i.e. mahājñāna) 183 (7.1) “One single jñāna. The three forms of jñāna are devised as expedient means.” 183 (7.2) Mahājāna meant originally “great wisdom” (mahājñāna) 184 (7.3) The Lotus Sutra elucidates “the equality of the great wisdom” (mahājñāna-samatā) 185 (8) The meaning of mahāyāna in the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā 188 (8.1) The difference between mahāyāna and bodhisattvayāna 188 (8.2) The meaning of mahāyāna in the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā 189