[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) › [Nandikasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra) › [འཕགས་པ་དགའ་བ་ཅན་གྱི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra*bo) › [The Sutra of Nandika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra*bo~en-84000) › intro.8 # འཕགས་པ་དགའ་བ་ཅན་གྱ་མད intro.8 The Sūtra of Nandika intro.8 - **Language:** English ### [intro.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.8) The first complete modern, Western translation of The Sūtra of Nandika was published by Léon Feer, in French, in his Extraits du Kandjour,²¹ together with a short introduction on the five basic precepts.²² A more recent English translation was published by Bhikṣuṇī Vinītā in 2010, based on the Sanskrit manuscripts from the Potala.²³ This translation has proved very useful in preparing our own translation.²⁴ - [Previous: intro.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.7) - [Next: intro.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.9) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra*bo~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandikasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.8) · Pramāṇa