[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Sūtras of the Connected Discourses transmitted singly](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta) › [Alpadevatāsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.alpadevatasutra) › [ལྷའི་མདོ་ཉུང་ངུ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.alpadevatasutra*bo) › [The Shorter Devata Sutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.alpadevatasutra*bo~en-84000) › intro.5 # ལྷའ་མད་ཉང་ང intro.5 The Shorter Devatā Sūtra intro.5 - **Language:** English ### [intro.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.alpadevatasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.5) A colophon in Kangyurs of the Tshalpa lineage as well as the Narthang and Lhasa Kangyurs states that the sūtra was translated into Tibetan by the master translator Bandé Yeshé Dé, suggesting a translation from a Sanskrit source. The sūtra is listed among “Hīnayāna” (Tib. theg pa chung ngu) sūtras in the Denkarma imperial catalog,⁶ as well as in the Phangthangma catalog,⁷ confirming that it was translated no later than the early ninth century ce. - [Previous: intro.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.alpadevatasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.4) - [Next: intro.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.alpadevatasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.6) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.alpadevatasutra*bo~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.alpadevatasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.alpadevatasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.5) · Pramāṇa