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Contents: Gandavyuha Sutra, List of Teachers

Sudhana | Maitreya & Sudhana | Sutra of Golden Light

The Gandavyuha, often referred to as an independent sutra, is the last chapter of the larger Avatamsaka Sutra.

Manjushri, Male, bodhisattva
Sudhana, Male, boy


The Fifty-three Teachers:
1. Meghashri, Male, monk,
2. Sagaramegha, Male, monk, Sagaramukha
3. Supratishthita, Male, monk, Lanka
4. Megha, Male, grammarian, Vajrapura,
5. Muktaka, Male, meditation community, Vanavasin
6. Saradhvaja, Male, monk,
7. Asha, Female, lay devotee, Samudravetali,
8. Bhishmottaranirghosha, Male, seer, Nalayur
9. Jayoshmayatana, Male, brahmin, Jayoshmayatana
10. Maitrayani, Female, girl, Simhavijurmbhita

11. Sudarshana, Male, mendicant, Trinayan
12. Indriyeshvara, Male, boy, Sumukha
13. Prabhuta, Female, laywoman, Samudrapratishthana
14. Vidvan, Male, householder, Mahasambhava
15. Ratnachuda, Male, householder, Simhapota
16. Samantanetra, Male, perfumer, Vetramulaka
17. Anala, Male, King, Taladhvaja
18. Mahaprabha, Male, King, Suprabha,
19. Achala, Female, Sthira
20. Sarvagamin, Male, mendicant, Tosala

21. Utpalabhuti, Male, perfumer, Prthurashtra
22. Vaira, Male, mariner, Kutagara
23. Jayottama, Male, city elder, Nandihara,
24. Sinhavijurmbhita, Female, Nun, Kalingavana
25. Vasumitra, Female, lay woman, Durga Land,
26. Veshthila, Male, householder, Shubhaparmgama
27. Avalokiteshvara, Male, bodhisattva
28. Ananyagamin, Male, universal traveller
29. Mahadeva, Male, deva
30. Sthavara, Female, Earth Goddess

31. Vasanti, Female, Night Goddess, Kapilavastu
32. Samantagambhira Shrivimalaprabha, Female, Night Goddess,
33. Pramuditanayana Jagadvirocana, Female, Night Goddess,
34. Samantasattvatranojahshri, Female, Night Goddess,
35. Prashantarutasagaravati, Female, Night Goddess,
36. Sarvanagararakshasambhavatejahshri, Female, Night Goddess,
37. Sarvavrikshapraphullanasukhasamvasa, Female, Night Goddess,
38. Sarvajagadrakshapranidhanaviryaprabha, Female, Night Goddess,
39. Sutejomandalaratishri, Female, Night Goddess, Lumbini

40. Gopa, Female, girl, Kapilavastu,
41. Maya, Female, mother of the Buddha,
42. Surendrabha, Female, Goddess, Thirty-three Heaven,
43. Vishvamitra, Male, Kapilavastu, teacher
44. Shilpabhijna, Male, Kapilavastu, (Letters)
45. Bhadrottama, Female, lay woman,
46. Muktasara, Male, goldsmith, Bharukaccha
47. Suchandra, Male, householder, Bharukaccha,
48. Ajitasena, Male, householder, Roruka
49. Shivaragra, Male, Brahmin, Dharma village
50. Shrisambhava & Shrimati, Male & Female, boy and girl, Sumanamukha,
51. Maitreya, Male, bodhisattva
52. Manjushri, Male, bodhisattva
53. Samantabhadra, Male, bodhisattva

Jeff Watt 12-2013
(Gandavyuha Sutra names from the Thomas Cleary publication. The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra by Thomas Cleary. Shambhala Publications, Boston: 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993).