Ā mí tuó gǔ yīn shēng wáng tuó luó ní jīng 阿彌陀鼓音聲王陀羅尼經

The Dhāraṇī Sūtra of the Amitābha Drum-Voice King by anonymous translator

About the work

This 1-fascicle anonymous text presents a Pure Land dhāraṇī-sūtra centred on Amitābha as the Drum-Voice King (鼓音聲王) — a cosmic-musical aspect of the Buddha-body. The text is part of the broader corpus of Pure Land dhāraṇī materials that grew up around the Three Pure Land Sutras.

Prefaces

No formal preface.

Abstract

The bracket adopted here (350 – 600) reflects the broad pre-Tang period of dhāraṇī-sūtra translation activity.

The Taishō text (T0370) is established on the standard apparatus including the 福 (Fúzhōu) witness.

Translations and research

  • No substantial Western-language translation located.