King Ajātaśatru Sūtra (Ajātaśatrukaukṛtyavinodana) 佛說阿闍世王經

Translated by Lokakṣema

Colophon

第 15 冊　No. 626 佛說阿闍世王經 後漢 支婁迦讖譯 共 2 卷 Volume 15, No. 626; King Ajātaśatru Sūtra; Ajātaśatrukaukṛtyavinodana (Fo Shuo Asheshi Wang Jing); Translated by Lokakṣema in the Later Han in 2 scrolls

Summary

A Mahāyāna narrative of King Ajātaśatru's torture by remorse after killing his father and conversion by Mañjuśrī

Notes

Sanskrit title and date 147-186 from Lancaster (2004, 'K 179')

English translations

Shingan, Shaku 2022, *King Ajātaśatru Sūtra: A Translation of the Ajtaatrukauktyavinodana Stra from the Chinese of Lokakema Together with Three Short Sutras,* Lulu.com. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_King_Aj%C4%81ta%C5%9Batru_S%C5%ABtra/FocNzwEACAAJ.

Primary Source

Lokakṣema, 《佛說阿闍世王經》 'Ajātaśatrukaukṛtyavinodana (Fo Shuo Asheshi Wang Jing),' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 15, No. 626, Accessed 2016-09-24, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T15n0626.

References

  1. FGDB, s.v. 佛說阿闍世王經.
  2. Lancaster 2004, s.v. K 179.
  3. Nanjio 1883, p. 54.
  4. Zürcher 2013, p. 444.

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