ལྷའ་མད་ཉང་ང notes.11

notes.11

11. Enomoto (1982, pp. 79–82) examines verses 343 and 344 of the Gāndhārī Dharmapada, comparing them with the setting and the first verse of the Chinese version of The Short Devatāsūtra, as found in Taishō 99, which share the same content and have many elements in common, even in their wording. A similar narrative is also observed in the Mahābhārata (13.132.3–37), in a dialogue between Maheśvara and the goddess Umā when the goddess asks Maheśvara about the causes of being reborn in heaven. Enomoto also compares this, in content and wording, to the Chinese (sūtra no. 1299) from Taishō 99.