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轉法輪經憂波提舍

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: Exposition of the Sutra on the Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma

Senses:

  • The zhuan falun jingyoubotishe; 1 fasc., K 569, T 1533. Sutra commentary by Vasubandhu 世親; trans. Vimokṣaprajñā/Vimuktisena 毘目智仙1 and Gautama-prajñāruci 瞿曇般若流支. 11th day, 8th month, 3rd year of Xinghe 興和, Eastern Wei dynasty 東魏 (September 16th, CE 541. ) in Jinhua Monastery 金華寺, Yezheng 鄴城.Translated into modern Japanese, with accompanying study, in Ōtake (2013): 281–311. Also known by the title 轉法輪經論. The content is comprised of an explanation of the turning of the wheel of the Dharma organized under thirteen topics.

    Reference

    Ōtake Susumu 大竹晉. 2013. Gengi kan'yaku Vasubandu shakkyō rongun no kenkyū 元魏漢譯ヴァスバンドゥ釋經論群の硏究 (A Study of the Yuan-Wei 元魏 Translations of Vasubandhuʼs Sūtra Commentaries). Tokyo:  Daizō Shuppan.

    [Chinese Buddhist Canonical Attributions Database]

    [Michael Radich, Charles Muller; source(s): Lancaster, Ōtake, DZKDJT]
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  • Notes

    1. Ōtakeʼs reconstruction; Lancaster gives the translator as Vimokṣaprajñā; other sources Vimokṣaprajñāṛṣi.[back]



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    Entry created: 2013-03-13

    Updated: 2018-10-13