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 Fú 福 (Fúzhōu) witness.
Translations and research
- No substantial Western-language translation located.