Dà fódǐng dà tuóluóní 大佛頂大陀羅尼

Great Dhāraṇī of the Great-Buddha-Crown (anonymous parallel)

About the work

A one-fascicle anonymous parallel recension of the Buddha-crown dhāraṇī — companion to KR6j0116 (Amoghavajra’s Sitātapatra-dhāraṇī T944A). Preserved in the Taishō under T944B, it gives an alternative recension of the same Sitātapatra material.

Abstract

The text is an anonymous parallel rendering of the Sitātapatra-dhāraṇī tradition — likely a manuscript-tradition variant of the same long dhāraṇī that travels under T944A (Amoghavajra) and other Táng/Sòng versions. Its preservation in the Taishō reflects the multiple parallel text-witnesses to this most-popular dhāraṇī.

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