Fóshuō lǎomǔ nǚ liù yīng jīng 佛說老母女六英經
Sūtra of the Old-Woman’s Six Heroes translated by 求那跋陀羅 (Guṇabhadra, 譯)
About the work
The Fóshuō lǎomǔ nǚ liù yīng jīng (T560) is a one-fascicle Liú-Sòng translation by Guṇabhadra 求那跋陀羅 (求那跋陀羅). The text is part of the “old woman” cluster (cf. KR6i0191, KR6i0193).
Prefaces
The text opens with the canonical formula.
Abstract
A short sūtra parallel to KR6i0191. The “six heroes” (六英) of the title refers to six elements or six contemplative aspects associated with the old woman’s question. Translation dated to Guṇabhadra’s productive period (435–468 CE).
Translations and research
- No substantial secondary literature located.
Links
- CBETA T14n0560
- Kanseki DB
- 求那跋陀羅 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (440) — 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.