Fó shuō dà jiā yè wèn dà bǎo jī zhèng fǎ jīng 佛說大迦葉問大寶積正法經

The Sūtra Spoken by the Buddha on Mahākāśyapa’s Inquiry Concerning the True Dharma of the Great Treasure-Heap by 施護 (Dānapāla, 譯)

About the work

This 5-fascicle text by 施護 Dānapāla is the Northern-Sòng version of the Kāśyapa-parivarta, paralleling the earlier Lokakṣema T0350 and anonymous T0351. The 5-fascicle scope reflects an expanded recension of the underlying Indic text relative to the earlier Chinese versions.

Prefaces

No formal preface.

Abstract

The translation belongs to 施護 Dānapāla’s Northern-Sòng imperial-bureau activity (980 – 1017 CE).

The Taishō text (T0352) is established on the standard apparatus.

Translations and research

  • No substantial Western-language translation located.
  • CBETA T12n0352
  • Kanseki DB
  • 施護 DILA
  • Dazangthings date evidence (1000) — 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.