Fóshuō Nàinǚ Qípó jīng 佛說奈女耆婆經
Sūtra of the Mango-Maiden and Jīvaka translated by 安世高 (Ān Shìgāo, 譯)
About the work
The Fóshuō Nàinǚ Qípó jīng (T554) is a one-fascicle parallel of KR6i0184 (T553), both attributed to Ān Shìgāo. Nàinǚ 奈女 = 㮈女 (Āmrapālī, Mango-Maiden); Qípó 耆婆 = 祇域 (Jīvaka). The two transliterations of Jīvaka differ slightly.
Prefaces
The text opens with the canonical formula.
Abstract
A parallel recension to KR6i0184 of the Āmrapālī-Jīvaka narrative. Translation falls within Ān Shìgāo’s productive period (148–170 CE).
Translations and research
- Lamotte, Étienne. Histoire du Bouddhisme indien. Louvain, 1958.
Links
- CBETA T14n0554
- Kanseki DB
- 安世高 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (160, 300, 450) — 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.