Bān ní huán hòu guàn là jīng 般泥洹後灌臘經
The Sūtra on the Ablution-and-Sacrifice After the Buddha’s Parinirvāṇa by 竺法護 (Zhú Fǎhù, 譯)
About the work
This 1-fascicle text by 竺法護 Zhú Fǎhù treats the post-parinirvāṇa ritual practices of guànlà 灌臘 — the ablution and sacrificial offerings to the Buddha’s relics. The work is one of the early Chinese Buddhist sources for relic-cult practice.
Abstract
The translation belongs to Zhú Fǎhù’s Cháng’ān period (266–313 CE).
Translations and research
- Strong, John S. Relics of the Buddha. Princeton University Press, 2004 — for the relic-cult context.