Mātangīsūtra (Modengjia Jing) 摩登伽經

Translated by Zhu Luyan and Zhi Qian

Colophon

第 21 冊　No. 1300 摩登伽經 吳 竺律炎支謙共譯 共 2 卷
Volume 21, No. 1300; Mātangīsūtra (Modengjia Jing); Translated by Zhu Luyan and Zhi Qian in the Wu in 2 scrolls

Summary

Tells the story of Prakṛti, a woman of the outcaste caṇḍālas, past lives, and astrological divination.

Notes

Sanskrit title and date 307-313 from Lancaster (2004, 'K 766')

Parallels

Tibetan: Peking no. 1027

English translation

Giebel, Rolf W 2015, “The Mātaṅga Sutra (Taishō Volume 21, Number 1300),” In: Miyata, Giebel, and Kiyota, Esoteric Texts, Moraga, California: Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai America, Inc. at https://bdkamerica.org/product/esoteric-texts/, accessed 2021-21-03.

Primary Source

竺律炎支謙共, 《摩登伽經》 'Mātangīsūtra (Modengjia Jing),' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 21, No. 1300, Accessed 2016-10-09, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T21n1300.

References

  1. Lancaster 2004, 'K 766'.

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