[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) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Other Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.other) › [Nāgarājabherīgāthā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.other.nagarajabherigatha) › [ཀླུའི་རྒྱལ་པོ་རྔ་སྒྲའི་ཚིགས་སུ་བཅད་པ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.other.nagarajabherigatha*bo) › [The Verses of Naga King Drum](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.other.nagarajabherigatha*bo~en-84000) › intro.3 # ཀླའ་རྒྱལ་པ་རྔ་སྒྲའ་ཚགས་ས་བཅད་པ intro.3 The Verses of Nāga King Drum intro.3 - **Language:** English ### [intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.other.nagarajabherigatha*bo~en-84000.intro.3) There are no known Sanskrit manuscripts or Chinese translations of this sūtra. As for the Tibetan translation, the text is found in Kangyur collections of different periods and is also recorded in the Denkarma² and Phangthangma³ catalogs of Tibetan imperial translations. Thus, it appears that it was first translated from Sanskrit into Tibetan no later than the early ninth century, as the Denkarma is dated to 812 ce. This provides us with the only information to date the Tibetan translation, as the text does not include a translators’ colophon. Hence, we do not know the names of the Tibetan translators and editors involved in the translation. This English translation was prepared based on the Degé Kangyur in consultation with the Comparative Edition (Tib. dpe bsdur ma) and the Stok Palace Kangyur. - [Previous: intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.other.nagarajabherigatha*bo~en-84000.intro.2) - [Next: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.other.nagarajabherigatha*bo~en-84000.1) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.other.nagarajabherigatha*bo~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.other.nagarajabherigatha*bo~en-84000.intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.other.nagarajabherigatha*bo~en-84000.intro.3) · Pramāṇa