Conjuring the Buddha: Ritual Manuals in Early Tantric Buddhism, by Jacob P. Dalton

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Some of these Sanskrit errors, such as svādhiṣṭhāṇa for svādhiṣṭhāna, appear to have been carried over from Dalton 2017.

“(some of these, such as svādhiṣṭhāṇa for svādhiṣṭhāna, appear to even carry over from Dalton 2017)”

• cites Dalton 2017 sourceNot checked — no full text of the source

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The Sanskrit word śāśvataḥ functions as a noun or adjective, not an adverb, so translating it as 'always' is inaccurate.

“But in Sanskrit śāśvataḥ (Tib.rtag) is not an adverb and cannot be accurately rendered as “always,””

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Dalton's book contains a very large number of spelling mistakes and other errors in its Sanskrit.

“the reader will have to tolerate a very large number of spelling mistakes and other errors in the Sanskrit”

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The Sanskrit ending °upaśāntaye is in the dative case, so it does not convey a causal meaning.

“and °upaśāntaye is a dative form (Tib. zhi ba'i phyir) and therefore does not express a reason.”

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Dalton renders the locative case in the passage as though it were nominative.

“I am not sure why Dalton translates the locative case (well reflected in the Tibetan) as if it were a nominative.”

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Buddhist tantric literature commonly uses the locative case in such identity statements.

“The locative case is commonly used in such equations in Buddhist tantric literature (see, for instances, verses in Hevajratantra 1.9)”

• cites Hevajratantra 1.9Not matched

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The passage should be translated to mean that the Buddha Śāśvata, i.e. Vairocana, abides in the peaceful rasa in order to pacify all suffering.

“I would translate the passage as something like, “The Buddha Śāśvata (i.e., Vairocana) is in the peaceful [rasa] in order to quell all suffering.””

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Dalton generally translates from Tibetan and sometimes gives renderings that a close reading of the Sanskrit he provides would not allow.

“Although Dalton provides Sanskrit text for citations when it is available, he appears to generally translate from the Tibetan and occasionally offers renderings that would be impossible on a close reading of the Sanskrit text he provides.”

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Dalton's inattention to Sanskrit sometimes clearly misleads him, even if it usually does not seriously undermine his broader arguments.

“This lack of attention to Sanskrit usually doesn't severely affect Dalton's broader arguments, but I feel justified in mentioning it here because in some instances it clearly leads him astray.”

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Dalton's translation hides the fact that the quoted passage appears to support the view that sensual pleasures are only expedient means.

“his translation obscures that, if anything, the passage quoted here seems to support the former of the two views.”