འཕགས་མ་འད་ཟར་ཅན་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས intro.5

intro.5

The earliest Chinese translation of The Mārīcī Dhāraṇī was completed by an unknown translator in the sixth century during the Liang dynasty (Taishō 1256).⁵ Later, Bukong translated two works titled Mārīcīdhāraṇī in the late eighth century (Taishō 1254⁶ and Taishō 1255⁷). While Taishō 1254 differs significantly from the present text in content and length, Taishō 1255 has some parallels with it. The final canonical Chinese translation, which also has parallels with the current work, was completed by Tian Xizai during the late tenth century (Taishō 1257).⁸