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Source Texts

rgyal po la gdam pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo (Rājadeśa­nāma­mahāyāna­sūtra). Toh 214, Degé Kangyur vol. 62 (mdo sde, tsha), folios 207.a–210.a.

rgyal po la gdam pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo. bka’ ’gyur (dpe bsdur ma) [Comparative Edition of the Kangyur], krung go’i bod rig pa zhib ’jug ste gnas kyi bka’ bstan dpe sdur khang (The Tibetan Tripitaka Collation Bureau of the China Tibetology Research Center). 108 volumes. Beijing: krung go’i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang (China Tibetology Publishing House), 2006–9, vol. 62, pp. 550–59.

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Western Languages

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84000. Advice to a King (2) (Rājadeśa, rgyal po la gdams pa, Toh 215). Translated by the Sakya Pandita Translation Group. Online publication, 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2024.

84000. The Play in Full (Lalita­vistara, rgya cher rol pa, Toh 95). Translated by Dharmachakra Translation Committee. Online publication, 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2013.

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