Zuìshèng fódǐng tuóluóní jìngchú yèzhàng zhòu jīng 最勝佛頂陀羅尼淨除業障呪經
Sūtra of the Most-Victorious Buddha-Crown Dhāraṇī Mantra for Purifying Karmic Obstructions (recension B of Divākara’s Uṣṇīṣa-vijaya-dhāraṇī-sūtra) by 地婆訶羅 Dìpóhēluó (Divākara, 譯)
About the work
A one-fascicle parallel translation by Divākara (地婆訶羅), companion to his own KR6j0146 (T969). The title elaborates the karma-purifying function of the dhāraṇī.
Abstract
T970 is Divākara’s second translation of the same Sanskrit Uṣṇīṣa-vijaya-dhāraṇī-sūtra tradition. The two parallel Divākara translations may reflect successive editorial passes by the translator; together with Buddhapāli’s T967, Dù Xíngyǐ’s T968, and Yìjìng’s T971, they constitute the five canonical Táng translations of this most-popular dhāraṇī. The translation dates from Divākara’s Cháng’ān period (676–688).
Translations and research
- Copp, Paul. The Body Incantatory. New York: Columbia UP, 2014.
Links
- CBETA T19n0970
- Kanseki DB
- 地婆訶羅 Dìpóhēluó DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (CBETA / Taishō; date: 680)