Summary
s.1One Hundred and Eight Names of Youthful Mañjuśrī Accompanied by His Dhāraṇī-Mantra is a text notably combining two genres of Buddhist literature: the dhāraṇī and the stotra or praise text. As a praise text, it may be further categorized within the subgenre of praises of one hundred and eight names. The text opens with homage and praise to the buddhas of the ten directions and two brief praises to Mañjuśrī. Then Mañjuśrī himself articulates a Sanskrit dhāraṇī, which precipitates miracles and prompts the assembled gods to praise him by way of reciting a litany of his hundred and eight names. Upon its conclusion, Mañjuśrī expresses his pleasure, whereupon the Tathāgata expounds the dhāraṇī’s benefits, blesses the gods who spoke the hundred and eight names in praise, and lastly explains in considerable detail the practice of the praise’s recitation and the benefits thereof.
s.1《童子文殊一百零八名陀羅尼咒經》是一部結合了佛教文獻兩種體裁的著作：陀羅尼和讚文。作為讚文，它可以進一步歸類於一百零八名讚頌的次類型。本經以禮敬和讚頌十方諸佛開篇，然後對文殊菩薩進行兩段簡短的讚頌。接著文殊菩薩本身誦出梵文陀羅尼，引發神變，促使集會諸天通過誦念他的一百零八名禮讚文來讚歎他。經文結束時，文殊菩薩表示歡喜，於是如來闡述該陀羅尼的利益，加持誦念一百零八名讚文的諸天，最後詳細說明了讚文誦念的修持方法及其利益。