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

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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.