The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Bunyu)

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The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra
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Sutras (Sanskrit)


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Description

A critical Sanskrit edition of the Laṅkāvatārasūtra edited by Nanjo Bunyu, published by Otani University in 1923. This edition was utilized by D. T. Suzuki for his English translation of the text. According to Florin Deleanu, "The editio princeps of the Laṅkāvatārasūtra in its entirety. In spite of its imperfections, it remains the most reliable edition for reading and studying the Sanskrit original."
Citation
Bunyu, Nanjo, ed. The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra. Bibliotheca Otaniensia 1. Kyōto: Otani Daigaku, 1923. https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.313027/mode/2up.
Table of contents
  • Prefacev
  • Preliminary notesxvii
  • रावणाध्येषणापरिवर्ती1
  • षट्त्रिंशत्साहस्रसर्वधर्मसमुच्चयो22
  • अनित्यतापरिवर्तो136
  • अभिसमयपरिवर्त211
  • तथागतनित्यानित्यप्रसङ्गपरिवर्तो217
  • क्षणिकपरिवर्तो220
  • नैर्माणिकपरिवर्तो240
  • मांसभक्षणपरिवर्तो244
  • धारणीपरिवर्तो262
  • सगाथकम्267
Interconnections
1 Recension of
Classical WorksAbout this item
An important Mahāyāna sūtra that was highly influential in East Asia as well as in Nepal, where a manuscript was discovered that remains the only extant Sanskrit recension of this text. It is notable for its inclusion of many doctrinal features that would come to be associated with the Yogācāra philosophy of Mind-Only (Cittamātra), such as the ālayavijñāna, or store-house consciousness, that acts as a repository for the seeds of karmic actions. It also includes several lengthy discussions of tathāgatagarbha and, though it is never actually referenced in the Uttaratantra, it is often listed among the so-called tathāgatagarbha sūtras. While its lack of mention in the Uttaratantra has been interpreted by scholars as evidence that the sūtra postdates the treatise, it should be noted that the ways in which the tathāgatagarbha is discussed in the sūtra is often at odds with its presentation in the Uttaratantra.
1 Scholarship on
Classical WorksAbout this item
An important Mahāyāna sūtra that was highly influential in East Asia as well as in Nepal, where a manuscript was discovered that remains the only extant Sanskrit recension of this text. It is notable for its inclusion of many doctrinal features that would come to be associated with the Yogācāra philosophy of Mind-Only (Cittamātra), such as the ālayavijñāna, or store-house consciousness, that acts as a repository for the seeds of karmic actions. It also includes several lengthy discussions of tathāgatagarbha and, though it is never actually referenced in the Uttaratantra, it is often listed among the so-called tathāgatagarbha sūtras. While its lack of mention in the Uttaratantra has been interpreted by scholars as evidence that the sūtra postdates the treatise, it should be noted that the ways in which the tathāgatagarbha is discussed in the sūtra is often at odds with its presentation in the Uttaratantra.