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The Sūtra of Great Compassion (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka) by 那連提耶舍 (Narendrayaśas, 譯)

About the work

This 5-fascicle text by 那連提耶舍 Narendrayaśas is the Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka-sūtra — one of the major Mahāyāna sūtras of karuṇā (compassion) doctrine. Distinct from but doctrinally related to the Mahā-karuṇā-puṇḍarīka tradition.

Abstract

The translation belongs to Narendrayaśas’s Northern-Qí period (556–568 CE).

Translations and research

  • Yamada, Isshi, ed. Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka. London: SOAS, 1968 — Sanskrit edition.