Wénshūshīlì suǒshuō Móhē bōrě bōluómì jīng 文殊師利所說摩訶般若波羅蜜經
Saptaśatikā Prajñāpāramitā Spoken by Mañjuśrī by 曼陀羅仙 (Mandrasena, 譯)
About the work
A two-fascicle Liáng-dynasty Chinese translation of the Saptaśatikā Prajñāpāramitā (700-verse Prajñāpāramitā) — the Mañjuśrī-discourse prajñā-sūtra. Translated by Mandrasena 曼陀羅仙. Signature: 「梁扶南國三藏曼陀羅仙譯」. The Taishō header cross-references [KR6c0001|T220] (玄奘 Xuánzàng’s later integration as the seventh huì of T220) and T233 (僧伽婆羅 Saṃghapāla’s parallel translation).
Prefaces
No preface or postface; only the canonical translator-signature.
Abstract
T232 is one of two Liáng-dynasty Chinese translations of the Saptaśatikā — together with T233 by 僧伽婆羅 Saṃghapāla — produced under Liáng Wǔdì’s translation patronage. The Indic source is the Saptaśatikā Prajñāpāramitā, also known as the Mañjuśrī-paripṛcchā Prajñāpāramitā; Sanskrit edition Tucci 1923. The work is doctrinally distinctive in that it presents the prajñāpāramitā-doctrine through Mañjuśrī’s voice rather than through the standard bodhisattva-disciple frame, integrating the Mañjuśrī-cult into prajñā-doctrine.
Translations and research
- Tucci, Giuseppe (ed.). Saptaśatikā Prajñāpāramitā. Memorie della Reale Accademia dei Lincei. Rome, 1923.
- Lévi, Sylvain, and Édouard Chavannes. “Saptaśatikā prajñāpāramitā: Texte sanskrit publié avec introduction et notes.” Journal asiatique (1925).
Links
- CBETA T08n0232
- Kanseki DB
- 曼陀羅仙 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (503, 515) — Ono Genmyō 小野玄妙 and Maruyama Takao 丸山孝雄, eds., Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 佛書解說大辭典 (Tokyo: Daitō shuppan, 1933–1936 [縮刷版 1999]), vol. 11, 28–29.