Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra
by Gelongma Karma Migme Ch枚dr枚n | 2001 | 941,039 words
This page describes 鈥減rakaranagrantha or prakarana)鈥� as written by Nagarjuna in his Maha-prajnaparamita-sastra (lit. 鈥渢he treatise on the great virtue of wisdom鈥�) in the 2nd century. This book, written in five volumes, represents an encyclopedia on Buddhism as well as a commentary on the Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita.
Appendix 5 - The 笔谤补办补谤补峁嘺辫腻诲补-艣膩stra (aka. 笔谤补办补谤补峁嘺驳谤补苍迟丑补 or 笔谤补办补谤补峁嘺)
Note: This appendix is extracted from a note from the 惭补丑腻辫谤补箩帽腻辫腻谤补尘颈迟腻艣腻蝉迟谤补 Chapter XXXI (The Four Foundations of Mindfulness).
The 笔谤补办补谤补峁嘺辫腻诲补, also called 笔谤补办补谤补峁嘺驳谤补苍迟丑补 or simply 笔谤补办补谤补峁嘺, is part of the 峁峁璸膩d膩bhidharma of the Sarv膩stiv膩dins made up of the J帽膩naprasth膩na of 碍腻迟测腻测补苍墨辫耻迟谤补 and six annexed treatises (see above, p. 111F, n. 1).
The Sanskrit sources (碍辞艣补vy膩khy膩, p. 9), Tibetan sources (Bu ston, I, p. 49; T膩ran膩tha, p. 296) and the Chinese sources attribute the 笔谤补办补谤补峁嘺辫腻诲补 to Vasumitra who composed it at 骋补苍诲丑腻谤补, not far from Pu峁ar膩vati (Si-yu-ki, T 2087, k. 2, p. 881a15鈥�16). But according to the 罢谤补颈迟茅 (above, p. 111鈥�112F), only the first four chapters were by Vasumitra, the last four of which are the Ts鈥檌en-nan p鈥檌n were the work of the Ka艣mir arhats.
According to the modern exegetists, the 笔谤补办补谤补峁嘺辫腻诲补 belonged to the Abhidharma of the late period and shows affinities with the 痴颈产丑补峁単补 of the 笔腻濒颈 Abhidhamma: cf. Kogen Mizuno, Abhidharma Literature, Ceylon Enc., I, p. 70鈥�71; A. C. Banerjeee, Sarv膩stiv膩din Literature, 1957, p. 62鈥�64: B.C. Law, History of 笔腻濒颈 Literature, I, 1933, p. 340.
The 笔谤补办补谤补峁嘺辫腻诲补 is often cited by Vasubandhu in his 碍辞艣补, by Ya艣omitra in his 碍辞艣补vy膩khy膩 and by Sa峁僩habhadra in his Ny膩y膩nus膩ra (cf. Taisho Index, 16, p. 174).
Two Chinese translations of the 笔谤补办补谤补峁嘺辫腻诲补 have been made:
a. Tchong che fen a-p鈥檌-t鈥檃n louen (T 1541) by the Indian Brahmin 骋耻峁嘺产丑补诲谤补 (394鈥�468) and his disciple Bodhiya艣as (cf. Li tai san pao ki, T 2034, k. 10, p. 91a25; K鈥檃i yuan mou lou, T 2154, K. 5, p. 528b11).
b. A-p鈥檌-ta-mo p鈥檌n tsou louen (T 1542) by Hiuan-tsang. The translation was started in the Yun-kouang hall at Yu-houa sseu the 1st of the 9th month of the 5th 丑颈别苍-办鈥檌苍驳 year (October 10, 660) and finished the 23rd day of the 10th month of the same year (November 30). Ta-cheng-kouang, etc., wrote it down with the brush (K鈥檃i yuan mou lou, T 2154, k. 8, p. 447a14鈥�15).