Fódǐng zuìshèng tuóluóní jīng 佛頂最勝陀羅尼經
Sūtra of the Most-Victorious Buddha-Crown Dhāraṇī (alternative recension of Uṣṇīṣa-vijaya-dhāraṇī-sūtra) by 地婆訶羅 Dìpóhēluó (Divākara, 譯)
About the work
A one-fascicle parallel translation of the Uṣṇīṣa-vijaya-dhāraṇī-sūtra by the Táng Indian translator Divākara (地婆訶羅, 614–688) — companion to Buddhapāli’s KR6j0144 (T967), Dù Xíngyǐ’s KR6j0145 (T968), and Divākara’s own second translation KR6j0147 (T970). The title varies slightly: Zuìshèng 最勝 (“Most-Victorious”) rather than Zūnshèng 尊勝 (“Honoured-Victorious”) — the two are functionally synonymous Chinese renderings of Sanskrit vijaya.
Abstract
Divākara’s two parallel translations (T969 = KR6j0146 and T970 = KR6j0147) document his sustained attention to the Uṣṇīṣa-vijaya-dhāraṇī-sūtra tradition. The translation dates from his documented Cháng’ān period (676–688).
Translations and research
- Copp, Paul. The Body Incantatory. New York: Columbia UP, 2014.
Links
- CBETA T19n0969
- Kanseki DB
- 地婆訶羅 Dìpóhēluó DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (CBETA / Taishō; date: 680)