Text: T1354; 東方最勝燈王如來經

Summary

Identifier	T1354 [T]
Title	東方最勝燈王如來經 [T]
Date	[None]
Translator 譯	Jñānagupta, Jinagupta, 闍那崛多, 豆那掘多 [T]

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Assertions

Preferred?	Source	Pertains to	Argument	Details
No	[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.	T1354; 東方最勝燈王如來經	Entry author: Michael Radich Edit	Title: 東方最勝燈王如來經 People: Jñānagupta, Jinagupta, 闍那崛多, 豆那掘多 (translator 譯) Identifier: T1354
No	[Zhisheng 730] Zhisheng 智昇. Kaiyuan shijiao lu (KYL) 開元釋教錄 T2154 — T2154:55.550b22-24; cf. Wang (1999/2005): 130-131.	Da fangdeng da yun qing yu jing 大方等大雲請雨經 Huguo pusa jing 護國菩薩經 T0303; 佛華嚴入如來德智不思議境界經 T0485; 無所有菩薩經 T1354; 東方最勝燈王如來經 T1493; 大乘三聚懺悔經	DTNDL ascribe these six texts to *Jñānagupta, but Jingmai to Dharmagupta. Zhisheng follows DTNDL. 護國菩薩經佛華嚴入如來德智經大方等大雲請雨經 (cf. T992, T993) 東方最勝燈王如來經無所有菩薩經大乘三聚懺悔經已上六部內典錄云崛多所譯靖邁經圖云笈多出今依內典為正. Entry author: Michael Radich Edit	People: Jñānagupta, Jinagupta, 闍那崛多, 豆那掘多 (translator 譯)
No	[Overbey 2010] Overbey, Ryan. “Memory, Rhetoric, and Education in the Great Lamp of the Dharma Dhāraṇī Scripture.” PhD dissertation, Harvard University, 2010. — 44, 57	T0190; 佛本行集經 T0471; 佛說文殊師利行經 T1354; 東方最勝燈王如來經	Three of Jñānagupta's translations, T190, T471, T1354, begin with a dedicatory verse to Vairocana from Jñānagupta himself. Two of these take the form: "I, Jñānagupta, honor Vairocana, the Ocean of Great Wisdom..." [Overbey cites T471 as one of the two with this interesting form, but does not appear to specify which is the second text -- SF; it is T1354 -- MR.] Overbey notes that many Chinese texts begin with dedications to Vairocana, but “only Jñānagupta's translations contain a personalized invocation.” According to Overbey, “These examples demonstrate that the invocations and verses which begin many scriptures were personalized during recitation.” Here then we find Jñānagupta's personalised devotion to Vairocana. Alternatively, Overbey suggests that “rather than adding a personal touch to an invocation in a scripture,” Jñānagupta simply spoke this praise before every reading, which was recorded for posterity by his scribes. [Perhaps, then, the presence of this invocation in these three texts only is an indication that they were recorded by the same scribe --- SF.] Entry author: Sophie Florence Edit	People: Jñānagupta, Jinagupta, 闍那崛多, 豆那掘多 (translator 譯)

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Source

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Argument

Details

[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.

T1354; 東方最勝燈王如來經

Entry author: Michael Radich

Edit

Title: 東方最勝燈王如來經
People: *Jñānagupta, *Jinagupta, 闍那崛多, 豆那掘多 (translator 譯)
Identifier: T1354

[Zhisheng 730] Zhisheng 智昇. Kaiyuan shijiao lu (KYL) 開元釋教錄 T2154 — T2154:55.550b22-24; cf. Wang (1999/2005): 130-131.

DTNDL ascribe these six texts to *Jñānagupta, but Jingmai to Dharmagupta. Zhisheng follows DTNDL.
護國菩薩經
佛華嚴入如來德智經
大方等大雲請雨經 (cf. T992, T993)
東方最勝燈王如來經
無所有菩薩經
大乘三聚懺悔經
已上六部內典錄云崛多所譯靖邁經圖云笈多出今依內典為正.

Entry author: Michael Radich

Edit

People: *Jñānagupta, *Jinagupta, 闍那崛多, 豆那掘多 (translator 譯)

[Overbey 2010] Overbey, Ryan. “Memory, Rhetoric, and Education in the Great Lamp of the Dharma Dhāraṇī Scripture.” PhD dissertation, Harvard University, 2010. — 44, 57

Three of Jñānagupta's translations, T190, T471, T1354, begin with a dedicatory verse to Vairocana from Jñānagupta himself. Two of these take the form: "I, Jñānagupta, honor Vairocana, the Ocean of Great Wisdom..." [Overbey cites T471 as one of the two with this interesting form, but does not appear to specify which is the second text -- SF; it is T1354 -- MR.] Overbey notes that many Chinese texts begin with dedications to Vairocana, but “only Jñānagupta's translations contain a personalized invocation.”

According to Overbey, “These examples demonstrate that the invocations and verses which begin many scriptures were personalized during recitation.” Here then we find Jñānagupta's personalised devotion to Vairocana. Alternatively, Overbey suggests that “rather than adding a personal touch to an invocation in a scripture,” Jñānagupta simply spoke this praise before every reading, which was recorded for posterity by his scribes. [Perhaps, then, the presence of this invocation in these three texts only is an indication that they were recorded by the same scribe --- SF.]

Entry author: Sophie Florence

Edit

People: *Jñānagupta, *Jinagupta, 闍那崛多, 豆那掘多 (translator 譯)