Fó shuō Yāngjuéjì jīng 佛說鴦崛髻經
Sūtra of Aṅgulimāla (alternative form of Aṅgulimāla’s name; parallel to T118 / T120) by 法炬 (Fǎjù, 譯)
About the work
A single-fascicle Western Jìn 西晉 translation of the Aṅgulimāla-sūtra, doublet of T118. The Chinese title 鴦崛髻 Yāngjuéjì is an alternative phonetic transcription of Aṅgulimāla differing slightly from the form 鴦掘摩 used in T118.
Prefaces
The text bears no preface or postface. The only paratext is the Western-Jìn translator’s signature at the head: 「西晉沙門法炬譯」.
Abstract
T119 was produced during Fǎjù’s Western Jìn translation period (290–311 CE), recorded in the frontmatter. The Indic source is presumed lost. The relationship to T118 (Dharmarakṣa) is closely parallel: the two translations are nearly contemporaneous (T118 c. 266–313, T119 c. 290–311) and may render the same Indic Vorlage from different angles.
Translations and research
- See KR6a0118 for the comparative Aṅgulimāla-sūtra literature.
Links
- CBETA T02n0119 CBETA online text
- Kanseki DB
- 法炬 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (299, 390): Taishō shinshū daizōkyō 大正新脩大藏經. Edited by Takakusu Junjirō 高楠順次郎 and Watanabe Kaigyoku 渡邊海旭. Tokyo: Taishō shinshū daizōkyō kankōkai/Daizō shuppan, 1924-1932. CBReader v 5.0, 2014. dazangthings entry