"aatyantika"  of  the  three  "icchantikas"   or

　　　　  "agotras", means that the one who absolutely has

　　　　  no  nature  to  be  a  Buddha;  the latter  term

　　　　  "aatyantika-gotra" (毕竟种姓 ), representing the

　　　　  second name "an-icchantika" (or Mahaakaru.necch-

　　　　  antika,   大悲阐提   )  of  three " agotras " or

　　　　  "icchantikas", means that the one who absolutely

　　　　  has  nature  to   be  a   Buddha. Therefore, the

　　　　  "aatyantika" in the PPHV has above two meanings.

　　   (2) The " 颠 " of " aatyantika " ( 阿颠底迦 ) can be

　　　　  interpreted  as  a  misprint  of the "  阐  " of

　　　　  "an-icchantika" (阿阐提迦 ), because both the "(

　　　　  阿颠底迦 )" and " 阿阐提迦 " belong to the Fifth

　　　　  Nature  of FND in VMSVy  [c-k] (枢要), the later

　　　　  term " 阿阐提迦 ", especially not only"means the

　　　　  Mahaakaru.nabodhisattva,   but  also  represents

　　　　  the Avalokite'svara-bodhisattva (观自在菩萨)  in

　　　　  PPHV.

　　　　  Aside   from  these  two  keys,  should   it  be

　　　　  suggested  that the "agotra" be retrieved as the

　　　　  Fifth  nature, I, of course, would also   accept

　　　　  this suggestion, because  the "agotra"  contains

　　　　  "icchantika","an-icchantikahicl and "aatyantika",

　　　　  caimed  by Kuei-chi in his VMSVY [c-k].

　　　　　　　　　　　　  P.395

　　　　  (This  pape was read at the Ninth Conference  of

　　   the International  Association  of buddhist Studies,

　　   The National  Central  Library, Taipei, Republic  of

　　   China, July 26-28, 1989).

　　　　　　　　　　　　  NOTES

　　   1. The theories of Four Aspects (四分说); the  Three

　　　　 Vehicles and Five Dstinctive  Natures( 三性, 五种

　　　　 分别 );  the Theories of Eight Vij~naanas(八识说)

　　　　 ); the Three Categories's Objects (三类境 );  the

　　　　 Five Vij~naanavada's  Perceptions  (五重唯识观).

　　　　 The above theories are consicered  the  important