Fó shuō xū mó tí pútísà jīng 佛說須摩提菩薩經 (Kumārajīva)
The Sūtra Spoken by the Buddha on the Bodhisattva Sumati — Kumārajīva’s translation by 鳩摩羅什 (Kumārajīva, 譯)
About the work
This 1-fascicle text is 鳩摩羅什 Kumārajīva’s translation of the Sumati-paripṛcchā, parallel to Zhú Fǎhù’s T0334 and Bodhiruci’s T0336. The triple parallel-translation tradition documents the early-medieval Chinese reception of the bodhisattva-girl Sumati narrative.
Prefaces
No formal preface.
Abstract
The translation belongs to 鳩摩羅什 Kumārajīva’s Cháng’ān period (402 – 412 CE). The Taishō text (T0335) is established on the standard apparatus.
Translations and research
- No substantial Western-language translation located.
Links
- CBETA T12n0335
- Kanseki DB
- 鳩摩羅什 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (300, 405) — Buswell, Robert E., Jr. “Sugi’s Collation Notes to the Koryŏ Buddhist Canon and Their Significance for Buddhist Textual Criticism.” The Journal of Korean Studies 9, no. 1 (2004): 129-184. 144-145, 153.