Fóshuō Pǔxián mànnáluó jīng 佛說普賢曼拏羅經
Maṇḍala Sūtra of Samantabhadra Spoken by the Buddha (Samantabhadra-maṇḍala-sūtra) by 施護 (Shīhù, Dānapāla, 譯)
About the work
A one-fascicle Northern Sòng maṇḍala-sūtra on Samantabhadra translated by Dānapāla (施護). The text is the principal Sòng-period canonical witness to the Samantabhadra-maṇḍala as developed in the late-tenth-century Indian yoga-tantra tradition, parallel to and complementing the earlier Tang-period Samantabhadra-Vajrasattva yíguǐ of Amoghavajra (KR6j0337–KR6j0340).
Abstract
The text expounds the construction and abhiṣeka sequence of the Samantabhadra-maṇḍala: the central Samantabhadra-Vajrasattva and his retinue of bodhisattva-vidyā-consorts, the maṇḍala-iconography, the vidyā-formulae and mudrā-repertoire, and the operative ritual procedures. The text reflects the late-tenth-century Indian yoga-tantra state of the Samantabhadra-Vajrasattva tradition and the Sòng imperial reception of this material into the Chinese canon.
Translations and research
- Sen, Tansen. Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2003 — Sòng imperial translation programme.
- Astley-Kristensen, Ian. The Rishukyō. Tring: Institute of Buddhist Studies, 1991.
Links
- CBETA T20n1126
- Kanseki DB
- 施護 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (1000) — 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.