Fó shuō dà chéng shí fǎ jīng 佛說大乘十法經

The Sūtra Spoken by the Buddha on the Ten Dharmas of the Great Vehicle by 僧伽婆羅 (Saṃghabhara, 譯)

About the work

This 1-fascicle text by 僧伽婆羅 Saṃghabhara (the great Liáng-dynasty Cambodian translator) treats the shí fǎ 十法 (“Ten Dharmas”) of the Mahāyāna — i.e. the ten foundational doctrinal categories of the bodhisattva path. Later incorporated into the [[KR6f0001|Mahā-ratnakūṭa]] as assembly 9 (Dà chéng shí fǎ huì 大乘十法會).

Prefaces

No formal preface.

Abstract

僧伽婆羅 Saṃghabhara (Sēngjiāpóluó 僧伽婆羅, fl. early 6th c., a Funanese / Cambodian translator at the Liáng 梁 court of 蕭衍 Wǔdì 武帝) was a major translator of Yogācāra-Mahāyāna texts. The translation is conventionally dated to the period 506 – 524 CE, his Liáng-period activity. The bracket adopted here reflects this window. The Taishō text (T0314) is established on the standard apparatus.

Translations and research

  • No substantial Western-language translation located.
  • Funayama Tōru 船山徹. Articles on Saṃghabhara and the Liáng translation enterprise.
  • CBETA T11n0314
  • Kanseki DB
  • 僧伽婆羅 DILA
  • Dazangthings date evidence (515) — T = CBETA [Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association]. 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.