Shāmínī jièjīng 沙彌尼戒經
The Sūtra of the Novice-Nun Precepts (translator unknown)
About the work
A one-fascicle compendium of the precepts for śrāmaṇerī 沙彌尼 (novice nuns). Translator and date unknown; the catalog tradition assigns it to “lost translation”.
Prefaces
No translator-attribution survives.
Abstract
The text presents the ten precepts and associated behavioural norms for the śrāmaṇerī — the female counterpart to the śrāmaṇera (KR6k0060–0062). Together with KR6k0064 (Shāmínī líjièwén) it constitutes the foundational practical Vinaya for the early-medieval Chinese śrāmaṇerī-saṅgha.
Translations and research
- Heirman, Ann. Rules for Nuns according to the Dharmaguptakavinaya. Delhi, 2002.
- Tsai, Kathryn Ann. Lives of the Nuns. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1994.