ཚགས་ས་བཅད་པ་གཉས་པའ་གཟངས intro.9

intro.9

The main source of the present translation is the Tibetan text as found in the Sūtra section of the Degé Kangyur (Toh 143) and Kano’s annotated Sanskrit edition. We also consulted the versions found in the Tantra and Dhāraṇī sections of the Degé Kangyur (Toh 611 and Toh 918, respectively), in the Comparative Edition (dpe bsdur ma), and in the Stok Palace and Phukdrak Kangyurs, as well as the two complete Tibetan manuscripts from Dunhuang. The most significant variants are mentioned in the notes. The transcription of the dhāraṇī was based on Degé (Toh 143), with major variants from Kano’s Sanskrit edition and the two other versions from the Degé recorded in the notes. A tentative English translation of the dhāraṇī is provided in a note.²² On occasion, we consulted Sundaravyūha’s commentary and Vasubandhu’s Sūtrālaṃkāra­bhāṣya (Toh 4026) for clarification.