Nine More Syllable-Gates
The list continues: Ṣa, Tha, Na, Na (repeated with a distinct gate), Ṣṭa, Ka, Sa, Ma, and Ga, each opening its own named gate of perfect wisdom.
From Ṣa to Ga
「……唱沙字時，入般若波羅蜜門，名為海藏；唱他字時，入般若波羅蜜門，名普生安住；唱那字時，入般若波羅蜜門，名圓滿光；唱那字時，入般若波羅蜜門，名差別積聚；唱史吒字時，入般若波羅蜜門，名普光明，息諸煩惱；唱迦字時，入般若波羅蜜門，名差別一味；唱娑字時，入般若波羅蜜門，名霈然法雨；唱摩字時，入般若波羅蜜門，名大流湍激，眾峯齊峙；唱伽字時，入般若波羅蜜門，名普上安立；……」
"… Reciting the letter Ṣa, he enters the prajñā-pāramitā gate named the ocean's own treasury. Reciting the letter Tha, he enters the prajñā-pāramitā gate named universal arising, firmly abiding. Reciting the letter Na, he enters the prajñā-pāramitā gate named perfect and full light. Reciting the letter Na again, he enters a different prajñā-pāramitā gate named the accumulation of every distinction. Reciting the letter Ṣṭa, he enters the prajñā-pāramitā gate named universal light, quelling every affliction. Reciting the letter Ka, he enters the prajñā-pāramitā gate named distinction as a single flavor. Reciting the letter Sa, he enters the prajñā-pāramitā gate named the abundant rain of Dharma. Reciting the letter Ma, he enters the prajñā-pāramitā gate named the great torrent's own rushing current, every peak standing level. Reciting the letter Ga, he enters the prajñā-pāramitā gate named universal, supreme establishment … [the list continues]"
The letter Na recurs here, chanted twice in immediate succession yet opening two entirely distinct gates — a pattern the arapacana syllabary embraces rather than avoids, since it is not the syllable's own sound but the specific act of realized recitation that determines which gate opens. The same principle held for the repeated 荼 in the previous part, and will recur again later in this same list.
Part 227 In Progress
Eighteen of forty-two syllable-gates are now complete. The list continues in Part 228.
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