Source: Suguro 1993

Suguro Shinjō 勝呂信静. Hoke kyō no seiritsu to shisō 法華経の成立と思想. Daitō shuppansha, 1993.

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Texts: T0263; 正法華方等; 正法華方等經典; 法華方等正經; 正法華經方等典詔; 正法華經	Suguro discusses four passages confined to one or some of our extant versions of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka. Two of these passages are unique to Dharmarakṣa’s version of the text, 正法華經 T263. 授五百弟子決品 (Ch. 8, T263 (IX) 94b26-95b28) 藥王如來品 (first half) (Ch. 10, T263 (IX) 99a28-100 b13) Suguro argues that these materials are narratively unconnected to the remainder of the chapter in each case, and that it is easy to determine that they were added later (74). But he does not speculate on whether the materials were added in India or China, or, if the latter, where and when. Suguro notes overlaps between the material in Ch. 8 and Dharmarakṣa’s Jātaka T154, but he believes that both texts probably derive the material from a common third source (75). He cites Tsukamoto’s work identifying the relationship between Ch. 10 and the Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa, but considers that these materials could either have been added to SP from VKN, or, again, derive in both from a common source (75-77). Edit	74-77	Suguro discusses four passages confined to one or some of our extant versions of the Saddharmapundarika. Two of these passages are unique to Dharmaraksa’s version of the text, 正法華經 T263. 授五百弟子決品 (Ch. 8, T263 (IX) 94b26-95b28) 藥王如來品 (first half) (Ch. 10, T263 (IX) 99a28-100 b13) Suguro argues that these materials are narratively unconnected to the remainder of the chapter in each case, and that it is easy to determine that they were added later (74). But he does not speculate on whether the materials were added in India or China, or, if the latter, where and when. Suguro notes overlaps between the material in Ch. 8 and Dharmaraksa’s Jataka T154, but he believes that both texts probably derive the material from a common third source (75). He cites Tsukamoto’s work identifying the relationship between Ch. 10 and the Vimalakirti-nirdesa, but considers that these materials could either have been added to SP from VKN, or, again, derive in both from a common source (75-77). T0263; 正法華方等; 正法華方等經典; 法華方等正經; 正法華經方等典詔; 正法華經
Texts: T0262; 妙法蓮華經	Suguro states that a note carried by catalogues beginning with LDSBJ shows that the gāthās in the Pu men pin 普門品 of Kumārajīva’s translation of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka T262 were not in the original, and were added back into the text later on the basis of *Jñānagupta/Jinagupta’s version; neither does equivalent material occur in Dharmarakṣa’s T263 (77-78). [Note: In the Taishō, the chapter as a whole has a footnote saying that it was missing from the Koryŏ, Song and Yuan editions, and was inserted on the basis of the Ming edition; 麗本宋本元本缺此經依明本載之, T262 (IX) 198a12. The chapter also has a title that identifies it as a “sūtra”, 妙法蓮華經觀世音菩薩普門品經, T262 (IX) 198b7-8 -- MR.] Edit	77-78	Suguro states that a note carried by catalogues beginning with LDSBJ shows that the gathas in the Pu men pin 普門品 of Kumarajiva’s translation of the Saddharmapundarika T262 were not in the original, and were added back into the text later on the basis of *Jnanagupta/Jinagupta’s version; neither does equivalent material occur in Dharmaraksa’s T263 (77-78). [Note: In the Taisho, the chapter as a whole has a footnote saying that it was missing from the Koryo, Song and Yuan editions, and was inserted on the basis of the Ming edition; 麗本宋本元本缺此經依明本載之, T262 (IX) 198a12. The chapter also has a title that identifies it as a “sutra”, 妙法蓮華經觀世音菩薩普門品經, T262 (IX) 198b7-8 -- MR.] T0262; 妙法蓮華經

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Texts: T0263; 正法華方等; 正法華方等經典; 法華方等正經; 正法華經方等典詔; 正法華經

Suguro discusses four passages confined to one or some of our extant versions of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka. Two of these passages are unique to Dharmarakṣa’s version of the text, 正法華經 T263.

授五百弟子決品 (Ch. 8, T263 (IX) 94b26-95b28)
藥王如來品 (first half) (Ch. 10, T263 (IX) 99a28-100 b13)

Suguro argues that these materials are narratively unconnected to the remainder of the chapter in each case, and that it is easy to determine that they were added later (74). But he does not speculate on whether the materials were added in India or China, or, if the latter, where and when. Suguro notes overlaps between the material in Ch. 8 and Dharmarakṣa’s Jātaka T154, but he believes that both texts probably derive the material from a common third source (75). He cites Tsukamoto’s work identifying the relationship between Ch. 10 and the Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa, but considers that these materials could either have been added to SP from VKN, or, again, derive in both from a common source (75-77).

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74-77

Texts: T0262; 妙法蓮華經

Suguro states that a note carried by catalogues beginning with LDSBJ shows that the gāthās in the Pu men pin 普門品 of Kumārajīva’s translation of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka T262 were not in the original, and were added back into the text later on the basis of *Jñānagupta/Jinagupta’s version; neither does equivalent material occur in Dharmarakṣa’s T263 (77-78). [Note: In the Taishō, the chapter as a whole has a footnote saying that it was missing from the Koryŏ, Song and Yuan editions, and was inserted on the basis of the Ming edition; 麗本宋本元本缺此經依明本載之, T262 (IX) 198a12. The chapter also has a title that identifies it as a “sūtra”, 妙法蓮華經觀世音菩薩普門品經, T262 (IX) 198b7-8 -- MR.]

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77-78