Fó shuō lí gòu shī nǚ jīng 佛說離垢施女經
The Sūtra Spoken by the Buddha on the Maiden Vimaladattā by 竺法護 (Zhú Fǎhù / Dharmarakṣa, 譯)
About the work
This 1-fascicle text by 竺法護 Zhú Fǎhù treats the bodhisattva-girl Lí gòu shī 離垢施 (Skt. Vimaladattā, “Stainless Bestowing”). With [[KR6f0031|Dé wú gòu nǚ jīng 得無垢女經]] (T0339) it forms a parallel-translation pair on the same essential material.
Prefaces
No formal preface.
Abstract
The translation belongs to 竺法護 Zhú Fǎhù’s Cháng’ān period (266 – 313 CE). The Taishō text (T0338) is established on the standard apparatus.
Translations and research
- No substantial Western-language translation located.
Links
- CBETA T12n0338
- Kanseki DB
- 竺法護 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (289, 300) — Boucher, Daniel. “Buddhist Translation Procedures in Third-Century China: A Study of Dharmarakṣa and his Translation Idiom.” PhD dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1996. 272.