Notes

n.1The Denkarma catalog is dated to c. 812 ᴄᴇ. In this catalog, The Jewel Mine is included among the Miscellaneous Sūtras (mdo sde sna tshogs) less than ten sections (bam po) long. Denkarma, 297.a.5. See also Herrmann-Pfandt 2008, p. 54, no. 95.

n.2Translated based on Peking Yongle: spyod pa ’di na’o. All other witnesses: spyod pa med pa ’di na’o.

n.3Tibetan: ’jigs pa’i mig. Literally “fearful eyes.”

n.4Translated based on Stok: srid ’gags pa. Degé reads srin ’gags pa.

n.5Translated based on Stok: mtho bar yang mi dgongs / dma bar yang mi dgongs pa. Degé and the witnesses in the Comparative Edition read ma thos par yang mi dgongs / dams par yang mi dgongs pa.

n.6Here the text says that these words are spoken by Nandottama, whereas before the verses the text says that it is Yaśodatta who offers these verses to Nandottama.