Fómǔ bānníhuán jīng 佛母般泥洹經
Sūtra of the Parinirvāṇa of the Buddha’s Mother (parallel to Ekottara-āgama 52.1, and to T148) by 慧簡 (Huìjiǎn, 譯)
About the work
A single-fascicle Liú-Sòng translation of the parinirvāṇa of Mahāprajāpatī, parallel to T148. The text is conventionally placed at the same date as Huìjiǎn’s other 457 productions.
Prefaces
The text bears no preface or postface. The only paratext is the LiúSòng translator’s signature at the head: 「宋沙門慧簡譯」.
Abstract
T149 was produced by Huìjiǎn at the Lùyěsì in 457 CE (cf. KR6a0043); the date is recorded in the frontmatter. The Indic source is presumed lost.
Links
- CBETA T02n0145 CBETA online text
- Kanseki DB
- 慧簡 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (250, 450, 457): Nattier, Jan. “The ‘Missing Majority’: Dao’an’s Anonymous Scriptures Revisted.” In Chinese Buddhism and the Scholarship of Erik Zürcher, edited by Jonathan Silk and Stefano Zacchetti, 94-140. Leiden: Brill, 2023. 95 n. 7, 115-116 w. nn. 73-75, dazangthings entry