Sàpóduōbù pínì módélèjiā 薩婆多部毘尼摩得勒伽
The Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya-Mātṛkā (Index-Matrix of the Sarvāstivāda Vinaya) by 僧伽跋摩 (Saṃghavarman, 譯)
About the work
A ten-fascicle Chinese translation of the Sanskrit Sarvāstivāda-vinaya-mātṛkā — a systematic index/synopsis of the Sarvāstivāda Vinaya, expounding rule-categories, karmavācanā schemata, and inter-text cross-references. 摩得勒伽 módélèjiā transliterates mātṛkā (“matrix”). Translated by Saṃghavarman 僧伽跋摩 (僧伽跋摩) at Jiànkāng in 433 CE, contemporary with Guṇavarman’s KR6k0015.
Prefaces
Translator’s colophon: 宋元嘉年僧伽跋摩於長干寺譯.
Abstract
The mātṛkā genre — systematic abhidharmic-style indexes of doctrinal categories — is one of the principal exegetical genres of the early Sarvāstivāda. This Vinaya-mātṛkā applies the same systematic approach to the monastic discipline, treating the rules and procedures under fixed analytical headings (saṃgha-types, karma-types, paripūrṇa-types, etc.). The work is a critical complement to the Sàpóduō pínì pípóshā (KR6k0021) and the Shísòng lǜ (KR6k0016) for understanding the Sarvāstivāda Vinaya tradition.
Translations and research
- Hirakawa Akira 平川彰. Ritsuzō no kenkyū 律藏の研究. Tokyo: Sankibō, 1960.
- Frauwallner, Erich. Die Abhidharma-Literatur. Vienna, 1971. — On the mātṛkā genre.
- Yìnshùn 印順. Shuō yīqiè yǒu-bù wéi-zhǔ de lùn-shū yǔ lùn-shī zhī yánjiū 說一切有部為主的論書與論師之研究. Taipei: Zhèng-wén chūbǎnshè, 1968; revised 1989.
Links
- CBETA T23n1441
- 僧伽跋摩 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (435): [ CSZJJ ] Sengyou 僧祐. Chu sanzang ji ji (CSZJJ) 出三藏記集 T2145. T2145 (LV) 82a19 (source)
- Kanseki DB