Shèngtiānwáng bōrě bōluómì jīng 勝天王般若波羅蜜經
Suvikrāntavikrāmi-paripṛcchā Prajñāpāramitā (Sūtra of the Devotional Question of the Triumphant-Strider King) by 月婆首那 (Upaśūnya, 譯)
About the work
A seven-fascicle Chen-dynasty translation of the Suvikrāntavikrāmiparipṛcchā Prajñāpāramitā — a Mahāyāna paripṛcchā-form prajñā sūtra. Translated by Upaśūnya 月婆首那 in 565 CE. Signature: 「陳優禪尼國王子月婆首那譯」. The Taishō header cross-references [KR6c0001|T220] — 玄奘 Xuánzàng’s later integration as the sixth huì of T220.
Prefaces
No preface or postface; only the canonical translator-signature.
Abstract
T231 is the only stand-alone Chinese translation of the Suvikrāntavikrāmi-paripṛcchā Prajñāpāramitā; the same Indic source is preserved in T220 as the sixth huì. Sanskrit edition: Hikata 1958. The Suvikrāntavikrāmin is one of the Mahāyāna prajñā-paripṛcchā class sūtras with the bodhisattva king as the questioner; doctrinally compatible with the Aṣṭasāhasrikā tradition. The translation is dated to Tàijiàn 太建 1 = 565 CE in the Chen capital at Yángzhōu.
Translations and research
- Hikata Ryūshō 干潟龍祥 (ed.). Suvikrāntavikrāmiparipṛcchā Prajñāpāramitā-sūtra. Fukuoka: Kyushu University, 1958. (Critical Sanskrit edition.)
Links
- CBETA T08n0231
- Kanseki DB
- 月婆首那 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (540) — Taishō shinshū daizōkyō 大正新脩大藏經, ed. Takakusu Junjirō 高楠順次郎 and Watanabe Kaigyoku 渡邊海旭 (Tokyo: 1924–1932; CBReader v 5.0, 2014).