Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra (T 397) Contents

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Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra (T 397) Contents

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I compiled a chart giving the contents of the Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra at this site. I gave links to existing translations, which are all from Tibetan. This may give us an idea of what kind of texts it contains and how much more there is to go to translate the Chinese canon.
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Interesting, does this mean that the Dharanishvararaja sutra is a chapter in Mahasamnipata, i.e. the sutra on which Uttara Tantra Shastra is a commentary?
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Aemilius wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:56 am Interesting, does this mean that the Dharanishvararaja sutra is a chapter in Mahasamnipata, i.e. the sutra on which Uttara Tantra Shastra is a commentary?
Ah yes, that's correct.

I will put an emendation on the website: spelling should be Dhāraṇīśvararāja and there's an 84000 translation I should have been aware of. Here you go:
https://read.84000.co/translation/toh147.html

It is an independent sūtra in volume 13 of the Taishō as well, with the same title as the Tibetan: Tathāgatamahākaruṇānirdeśa (大哀經) (T 398).
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