Text: Fo ming jing 佛名經 in 16 fascicles; Matou luocha fo ming jing 馬頭羅剎佛名經

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Title	Fo ming jing 佛名經 in 16 fascicles; Matou luocha fo ming jing 馬頭羅剎佛名經 [Kuo 1995]
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No	[Kuo 1995] Kuo, Li-ying. “La Récitation des noms de Buddha en Chine et au Japon.” T’oung Pao 81 (1995): 230-268. — 246-250	Fo ming jing 佛名經 in 16 fascicles; Matou luocha fo ming jing 馬頭羅剎佛名經	Kuo summarises accounts of a Fo ming jing 佛名經 in sixteen fascicles that existed under the Tang. It is first mentioned in KYL, where it is listed among texts of uncertain authenticity. Zhisheng says that it also went by the popular title Matou luocha fo ming jing 馬頭羅剎佛名經, which Kuo renders "(Sūtra) des noms de buddha du rakṣasa Hayagrīva". Zhisheng states that the text mixes the sacred word of the sage with words of profane origin, and contains an extract from an apocryphal scripture, the Matou luocha jing 馬頭羅剎經. It incorporates various texts in a confused order, including biographies in the list of sutras, repetitions of the same name, and various other "flagrant errors". According to the Zhenyuan lu 貞元錄 of 800, the text was excluded from various editions of the canon, but in 799, an expurgated version was made at the order of the emperor, and the resulting version of the text was admitted to the canon. This text was thought lost, and Inokuchi attempted to reconstruct it on the basis of Dunhuang documents. Subsequently, a manuscript version was discovered at Nanatsudera (Kuo cites Ochiai 1990, 1991 and Nagara 1993). The Buddha names contained in this version of the text are almost identical to those in T441, which are also those found in T440. Thus, the longer versions of the Fo ming jing are expanded not by the addition of more Buddha names, as one might expect, but by the addition of names of bodhisattvas, sutras, holy persons, etc. The sixteen-fascicle version includes thirteen confession texts followed by vows, which are identical to the first thirteen such texts in the thirty-fascicle version (T441). It appears that the Nanatsu-dera text appears not to include the Baoda sutra 寶達經, but close examination shows that it comprises numerous fragments thereof, incorporated into the body of the text. Entry author: Michael Radich Edit	Title: Fo ming jing 佛名經 in 16 fascicles; Matou luocha fo ming jing 馬頭羅剎佛名經

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[Kuo 1995] Kuo, Li-ying. “La Récitation des noms de Buddha en Chine et au Japon.” T’oung Pao 81 (1995): 230-268. — 246-250

Fo ming jing 佛名經 in 16 fascicles; Matou luocha fo ming jing 馬頭羅剎佛名經

Kuo summarises accounts of a Fo ming jing 佛名經 in sixteen fascicles that existed under the Tang. It is first mentioned in KYL, where it is listed among texts of uncertain authenticity. Zhisheng says that it also went by the popular title Matou luocha fo ming jing 馬頭羅剎佛名經, which Kuo renders "(Sūtra) des noms de buddha du rakṣasa Hayagrīva". Zhisheng states that the text mixes the sacred word of the sage with words of profane origin, and contains an extract from an apocryphal scripture, the Matou luocha jing 馬頭羅剎經. It incorporates various texts in a confused order, including biographies in the list of sutras, repetitions of the same name, and various other "flagrant errors". According to the Zhenyuan lu 貞元錄 of 800, the text was excluded from various editions of the canon, but in 799, an expurgated version was made at the order of the emperor, and the resulting version of the text was admitted to the canon. This text was thought lost, and Inokuchi attempted to reconstruct it on the basis of Dunhuang documents. Subsequently, a manuscript version was discovered at Nanatsudera (Kuo cites Ochiai 1990, 1991 and Nagara 1993). The Buddha names contained in this version of the text are almost identical to those in T441, which are also those found in T440. Thus, the longer versions of the Fo ming jing are expanded not by the addition of more Buddha names, as one might expect, but by the addition of names of bodhisattvas, sutras, holy persons, etc. The sixteen-fascicle version includes thirteen confession texts followed by vows, which are identical to the first thirteen such texts in the thirty-fascicle version (T441). It appears that the Nanatsu-dera text appears not to include the Baoda sutra 寶達經, but close examination shows that it comprises numerous fragments thereof, incorporated into the body of the text.

Entry author: Michael Radich

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Title: Fo ming jing 佛名經 in 16 fascicles; Matou luocha fo ming jing 馬頭羅剎佛名經