མ་ག་དྷ་བཟང་མའ་རྟགས་པ་བརྗད་པ intro.13

intro.13

Since there is no single complete Sanskrit source that corresponds precisely to the Tibetan translation—at least one that is not based on reconstruction—we have translated the sūtra based primarily on the Degé edition of the Tibetan Kangyur. We have, however, consulted the Sanskrit as edited by Kudo from the Gilgit manuscripts and the edition by Iwamoto reconstructed from the later manuscripts. Through this process we found that the Tibetan aligns quite closely but by no means perfectly with what is found in the Gilgit manuscripts.²²