Mātangīsūtra (She Tou Jian Taizi Ershi Ba Su Jing) 舍頭諫太子二十八宿經

Translated by Dharmarakṣa

Colophon

第 21 冊　No. 1301 舍頭諫太子二十八宿經 西晉 竺法護譯 共 1 卷
Volume 21, No. 1301; Mātangīsūtra (She Tou Jian Taizi Ershi Ba Su Jing); Translated by Dharmarakṣa in the Western Jin in 1 scroll

Summary

See T 1300.

Notes

Sanskrit title and date 307-313 from Lancaster (2004, 'K 764')

English translation

None

Summary

This text recounts a story where the Buddha helps his disciple Ananda overcome a spell cast by a woman named 波機提 who desires him. She enlists her mother's help in using a powerful spell to enchant Ananda, leading him to leave the monastery and go to her home. The Buddha, aware of Ananda's plight, intervenes with his own incantation to break the spell and lead Ananda back to the monastery. Ultimately, the woman is converted, becoming a Buddhist nun and achieving enlightenment. (AI generated)

Primary Source

Dharmarakṣa, 《舍頭諫太子二十八宿經》 'Mātangīsūtra (She Tou Jian Taizi Ershi Ba Su 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. 1301, Accessed 2016-10-09, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T21n1301.

References

  1. Lancaster 2004, 'K 764'.

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