Fó shuō Píshāmén tiānwáng jīng 佛說毘沙門天王經
Sūtra of Vaiśravaṇa, the Heavenly King, Spoken by the Buddha (parallel rendering) by 法天 (Fǎtiān, Dharmadeva, 譯)
About the work
A one-fascicle parallel rendering of the Āṭānāṭiya-masūtra material treated above in KR6j0472 (Amoghavajra’s T1244), here translated by Fǎtiān (法天) at the early Sòng Translation Institute in Kāifēng. Korean Tripiṭaka K1185; Zhōnghuá H1296; Nanjio 0849.
Abstract
The two renderings — Amoghavajra’s Tang version (T1244) and Fǎtiān’s Sòng version (T1245) — both translate Indian textual material descended from the early Buddhist Āṭānāṭiyasutta but present it in different recensional forms. Comparison shows: (1) different transliterations of Vaiśravaṇa’s retinue-names (the principal yakṣa-generals); (2) different mantra-forms; (3) some divergences in the anuśaṃsā-catalogue. Both were retained in the Sòng canon because the Indian recensions diverged enough that one could not stand for the other. Date: Fǎtiān’s Kāifēng activity, 980–1001.
Translations and research
- See KR6j0472.