Xū mó tí jīng 須摩提經

The Sumati Sūtra by 菩提流志 (Bodhiruci II, 譯)

About the work

This 1-fascicle text is 菩提流志 Bodhiruci II’s Tang version of the Sumati-paripṛcchā, the third parallel translation alongside Zhú Fǎhù’s T0334 and Kumārajīva’s T0335. The work was incorporated as one of the constituent assemblies of the larger [[KR6f0001|Mahā-ratnakūṭa]] (T0310).

Prefaces

No formal preface.

Abstract

The translation belongs to 菩提流志 Bodhiruci II’s Cháng’ān period (706 – 713 CE), the years of his great Bǎo jī compilation project.

The Taishō text (T0336) is established on the standard apparatus.

Translations and research

  • No substantial Western-language translation located.
  • CBETA T12n0336
  • Kanseki DB
  • 菩提流志 DILA
  • Dazangthings date evidence (720) — 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.