UCC ID: UCCIK-418323

NCC ID: UCCIK-14.29a.2

Name Of The Text: (Buddhāvataṃsakamahāvaipulyasūtra or briefly Avataṃsakasūtra)

Name Of The Author: ( ascribed to Buddha)

Total Manuscripts: 1

Subject: Bud. 

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Details Of The Text: Gave rise to the Avataṃsaka school, which generally accepts the Mahāyāna system. Original Skt. text not available. According to Chinese sources, there are supposed to have been six different Avataṃsakasūtras. The Gaṇḍavyūha Mahāyānasūtra corresponds to one of the Chinese translations of the Avataṃsaka. See Wint., HIL. II. p. 325. For an outline of it see Eastern Buddhist vol. VI. pp. 279 ̶ 86. For notes on the same see ibid. I. pp. 194 ̶ 228. Basic text of some sects of Buddhism in Japan. See Levi, BMFJ. I. i. 48, 49. First transl. into Chinese by Buddhabhadra (396 ̶ 420 A. D.), see JRAS. 1880. p. 163 and Nanjio 87; by Śikṣānanda between 695 ̶ 699 A. D., see Levi, BEFEO 4 (1904) 544 and Nanjio 88; and by Prajña (796 ̶ 98 A. D.), see Nanjio 89. Transl. into Tibetan in 45 chs., see AR. XX (1836) p. 401 and AMG. XI. p. 208; by Jinamitra and Surendrabodhi. See Kanjur Kyoto 761. Q. in Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra, p. 36 fn., see JBRS. XXXV. i.; ment. in Mahāvyutpatti (a lexicon), see Wint., HIL. II. p. 324.

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