Fóshuō Rǔshǒu púsà wúshàng qīngjìng fēnwèi jīng 佛說濡首菩薩無上清淨分衛經
Sūtra of the Bodhisattva Mañju-mūrdhan’s Supreme Pure Alms-Round by 翔公 (Xiánggōng, 譯)
About the work
A two-fascicle Liú-Sòng translation of a Mañjuśrī-class Mahāyāna prajñā-sūtra in paripṛcchā-form, framed as a discussion of the bodhisattva’s pure alms-round (分衛 = piṇḍapāta). Translated by Xiánggōng 翔公 in the Nánhǎi 南海 commandery. Signature: 「宋沙門翔公於南海郡譯」. The text bears an alternative title: 「一名決了諸法如幻化三昧經」 (“alternatively named the Sūtra of the Samādhi of Determining-That-All-Dharmas-Are-Like-Magical-Illusions”). The Taishō header cross-references [KR6c0001|T220] — 玄奘 Xuánzàng’s later integration as the eighth huì.
Prefaces
No preface or postface; only the canonical translator-signature and the alternative-title note.
Abstract
T234 is the Chinese translation of the Nāga-śrī-paripṛcchā — also known as the Mañjuśrī-bodhisattva-paripṛcchā / Mañjumūrdhan-paripṛcchā — a prajñā-class sūtra in paripṛcchā-form. The Indic title’s Nāga-śrī / Mañju-mūrdhan corresponds to the Chinese 濡首 (Rǔshǒu “moist-head” — possibly a calque-mistranslation of Mañju-mūrdhan “tender-head”). The sūtra is doctrinally a Mañjuśrī-cult prajñā text, integrating the alms-round practice with the prajñāpāramitā-doctrine of the illusory nature of all dharmas. The translation is dateable to Xiánggōng’s documented Liú-Sòng activity (420–479).
Translations and research
No substantial Western-language secondary literature located.
Links
- CBETA T08n0234
- Kanseki DB
- 翔公 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (440) — Fǎjīng 法經, Zhòngjīng mùlù 眾經目錄 (T2146), T2146 (LV) 115b22–23.