འཕགས་པ་དགའ་བ་ཅན་གྱ་མད intro.4

intro.4

The Chinese Dazhidu lun, a translation of the Treatise on the Long Perfection of Wisdom attributed to Nāgārjuna and translated into Chinese between 402–406 ce, is the earliest datable textual reference to The Sūtra of Nandika, from which it quotes extensively.⁵ Many other Indian works refer to the Nandikasūtra concerning the negative effects of alcohol abuse. Noriyuki Kudo presents three Sanskrit references to The Sūtra of Nandika in the Mahākarma­vibhaṅga and one in the Abhi­dharma­kośavyākhyā by Yaśomitra (around the late sixth century ce).⁶ In Tibetan translation, it is also mentioned by Ajitamitra (ninth–tenth century ce) in his Ratnāvalīṭīkā ⁷ (Toh 4159), and in Sajjana’s Putralekha (Toh 4187), dated to the second half of the eleventh century.⁸ Related lists of the consequences of breaking the five precepts are also included in two sūtras found in Tibetan translation in the Kangyur, namely The Exposition of Karma (Karmavibhaṅga, Toh 338),⁹ and Transformation of Karma (Karmavibhaṅga, Toh 339). ¹⁰ However, the lists presented in those texts do not always precisely match those found in The Sūtra of Nandika.