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Source Texts

’phags pa yangs pa’i grong khyer du ’jug pa’i mdo chen po (Ārya­vaiśālī­praveśa­mahā­sūtra). Toh 312, Degé Kangyur vol. 72 (mdo sde, sa), folios 157.b–161.b; Toh 628, Degé Kangyur vol. 91 (rgyud ’bum, ba), folios 63.a–63.a; and Toh 1093, Degé Kangyur vol. 101 (gzungs ’du, vaM), folios 256.b–260.b.

’phags pa yangs pa’i grong khyer du ’jug pa’i mdo chen po. 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), 2006–2009, Toh 312, vol. 72, pp. 446–458; Toh 628, vol. 91, pp. 230–247; Toh 1093, vol. 98, pp. 902–913.

sman gyi gzhi (Bhaiṣajyavastu). Toh 1, ch. 6. The whole text: Degé Kangyur vols. 1–3 (’dul ba, ka, kha, and ga), folios (ka) 277.b.6–311.a.6, (kha) 1.a.1–317.a.7, (ga) 1.a.1–50.a.7. The episode corresponding to the present excerpt: vol. 2 (kha) folios 45.b.3–49.a.3. See Bhaiṣajyavastu Translation Team (2021), 3.272–324.

sman gyi gzhi. 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), 2006–2009. The whole text: vol. 1, pp. 644–721; vol. 2, pp. 3–745; vol. 3, pp. 3–117. The episode corresponding to the present excerpt: vol. 2, pp. 103–111.

’phags pa yangs pa’i grong khyer du ’jug pa’i mdo las ’byung pa’i bde legs kyi tshigs su bcad pa. Toh 816, Degé Kangyur vol. 96 (rgyud ’bum, wa), folios 256.a–257.a; Toh 4406, Degé Tengyur vol. 207 (sna tshogs, nyo), folios 343.b–344.b.

Bhaiṣajyavastu in the Gilgit manuscripts. Dutt, Nalinaksha, ed. Gilgit Manuscripts Vol. III, part 1. Srinagar, 1947.

Genben shuoyiqieyoubu pinaiye yaoshi 根本説一切有部毘奈耶藥事, Taishō no. 1448. The whole text: 24.1a.1–97a.24. The episode corresponding to the present excerpt: 27b.13--28b.

Other Canonical Texts

stong chen mo rab tu ’joms pa’i mdo (Mahā­sāhasra­pramardanī). Toh 558, Degé Kangyur vol. 90 (rgyud ’bum, pha), folios 63.a–87.b. English translation in Dharmachakra Translation Committee. (2016a). [Full citation listed in secondary references].

stong chen mo rab tu ’joms pa las gsungs pa’i smon lam. Toh 813, Degé Kangyur vol. 96 (rgyud ’bum, wa), folios 253.a–254.a; Toh 1098, Degé Kangyur vol.101 (gzungs ’du, vaM), folios 268.b–269.b. English translation in Dharmachakra Translation Committee. (2020). [Full citation listed in secondary references].

Denkarma. pho brang stod thang ldan dkar gyi chos kyi ’gyur ro cog gi dkar chag. Toh 4364, Degé Tengyur vol. 206 (sna tshogs, jo), folios 294.b–310.a.

Karmavajra. gsang sngags chen mo rjes su ’dzin ma’i mdo’i ’bum ’grel. Toh 2692, Degé Tengyur vol. 72 (rgyud, du), folios 241.b–282.b.

Mahā­mantrānu­sāriṇī. For Sanskrit edition, see Skilling (1994–97), pp. 608–622.

Mahāvastu. Sanskrit text of Chapter 25 (“The Buddha’s Visit to Veśālī”) and Chapter 29 (“The Buddha in Veśālī”). SuttaCentral. Based on Émile Senart, ed. Mahāvastu-Avadāna. 3 vols. Paris, 1882–1897.

Ratana-sutta. Pali Canon, Khuddakapāṭha 6; also Suttanipāta 2.1. Texts in Pali on SuttaCentral. For translations, see Ānandajoti, “The Discourse on the Treasures.”

Ujjvālikādāna­kathā. For Sanskrit edition, see Okada (1993).

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84000. “Mahāsūtras.” Online Knowledge Base. 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2024.

Ānandajoti, Bhikkhu, trans. “The Discourse on the Treasures” (English translation of Ratana-sutta). SuttaCentral.

Bhaiṣajyavastu Translation Team, trans. The Chapter on Medicines (Bhaiṣajyavastu, Toh 1, ch. 6). 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2021.

Dharmachakra Translation Committee, trans. (2016a). Destroyer of the Great Trichiliocosm (Mahā­sāhasra­pramardanī, Toh 558). 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2016.

Dharmachakra Translation Committee, trans. (2016b). Great Upholder of the Secret Mantra (Mahā­mantrānudhāriṇī, Toh 563). 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2016.

Dharmachakra Translation Committee, trans. (2020). The Aspiration Prayer from “Destroyer of the Great Trichiliocosm” (Toh 813, 1098). 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2020.

Feer, Léon. Fragments extraits du Kandjour. Annales du Musée Guimet 5. Paris, 1883.

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