Gēnběn shuōyīqiēyǒubù pínàiyē nítuónàmùdéjiā shèsòng 根本說一切有部毘奈耶尼陀那目得迦攝頌
Summary Verses of the Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya Nidāna-Mātṛkā by 義淨 (Yìjìng, 譯)
About the work
A one-fascicle Chinese translation of the summary verses (攝頌 shè-sòng = Skt. uddāna / piṇḍoddāna) for the Mūlasarvāstivāda Nidāna-mātṛkā (KR6k0033). The verse-summaries serve as mnemonic indexes to the parent text. Translated by Yìjìng (義淨) in the early 8th century.
Prefaces
Translator’s colophon: 大唐三藏義淨奉制譯.
Abstract
The uddāna genre — verse-summaries that catalogue the topics or karman-types covered in the parent prose work — is a standard feature of the Indian Vinaya literature, providing both mnemonic aids for memorisation and finding-aids for reference. The Mūlasarvāstivāda’s elaborate uddāna systems are well-preserved across Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Chinese, and are an important resource for textual reconstruction. This compendium of summary verses was translated as a separate work by Yìjìng for use as an organizational aid to the parent Nidāna-mātṛkā.
Translations and research
- Clarke, Shayne. Vinaya Mātṛkā. Indo-Iranian Journal 47 (2004): 77–120.
Links
- CBETA T24n1456
- 義淨 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (705): [ T ] 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. (source)
- Kanseki DB