開元釋教錄 11.26.2

11.26.2

…sūtra, further expanding the lifespan and great debate dhāraṇī sūtra, forming a five-fascicle work. Examining this title now, it is actually not a complete translation, but only a continuation of two chapters based on Dharmakṣema's four-fascicle sūtra. In the "Lifespan Chapter" he further supplemented the text, and in the "Great Debate Chapter" he further expanded the incantation methods; there are also continuations in other chapters. Hence it is called the *Sūtra Further Expanding the Lifespan and Great Debate Dhāraṇī*. Therefore, the preface to the six-fascicle combined sūtra states that the lifespan and great debate [chapters] again made up for its deficiencies. From this it is proven that it was merely a supplementation of deficiencies, not a separate translation. Furthermore, the preface to the sūtra states that Jñānagupta translated it into five fascicles. The catalogues by Fei Changfang and others state that it was Yaśogupta. These two Tripiṭaka masters were disciples of the same teacher and translated together at the time, so recording either is acceptable. As for the combined sūtra having a six-fascicle version, clarifying the similarities and differences with this eight-fascicle version: in the six-fascicle sūtra, one chapter is reversed, and when collated with the new eight-fascicle sūtra, the latter is correct. Moreover, the wording and sense of the entrustment passages of the two sūtras are completely different. The entrustment passage in the six fascicles resembles the great dhāraṇī of the entrustment passage in the *Lotus Sūtra*; the reason is not yet understood. Now, having examined the eight-fascicle version, it is also in agreement with the new sūtra, and the two texts differ little. They cannot both be recorded, so the eight-fascicle version has been preserved as the standard and entered into the canon. May later readers have no doubt. Together with this combined sūtra, there are five translations in total: two versions are in the canon, and three versions have been entered into the catalogue of omitted redundancies.)

*Druma-kinnara-rāja-paripṛcchā-sūtra*, two fascicles (or three fascicles)
Translated by Lokakṣema, Tripiṭaka master from Yuezhi under the Later Han (First translation)
The above two works in ten fascicles share one case.

*Mahāvṛkṣa-kinnara-rāja-paripṛcchā-sūtra*, four fascicles (also called *Expounding the Inconceivable Chapter*)
Translated by Kumārajīva, Tripiṭaka master under the Later Qin (Second translation)
The above two works are different translations of the same text.

*Sūtra on the Buddha Ascending to the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven to Preach the Dharma for His Mother*, two fascicles (also called *Sūtra of the Chapter on the Buddha Ascending to the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven*, or in three fascicles)
Translated by Dharmarakṣa, Tripiṭaka master under the Western Jin (First translation)

*Sūtra on the Boundless Transformations of the Spiritual Powers of the Way*, four fascicles (one title is *Combined Sūtra on the Spiritual Powers of the Way*, or in two fascicles, or in three fascicles)
Translated by An Fakin, Tripiṭaka master from Parthia under the Western Jin (Second translation)
The above two works are different translations of the same text (three translations in all; the third text is lost).
The above three works in ten fascicles share one case.

*Ratnamegha-sūtra*, ten fascicles (one case)
Translated by Dharmaruci and others, Tripiṭaka master from South India under Empress Wu of the Great Tang
(Recorded in the Great Zhou Catalogue; third translation)

*Bao yun jing* (*Ratnamegha-sūtra*), seven fascicles
Translated by Mandrasena together with Saṅghapāla, Tripiṭaka master from Funan under the Liang
(First translation)
The above two works are different translations of the same text (three translations, new and old; the second text is lost).

*Avaivartika-sūtra*, three fascicles (or without the character *zhe* [遮], or in four fascicles)
Translated by Dharmarakṣa, Tripiṭaka master under the Western Jin (First translation)
The above two works in ten fascicles share one case.

*Avaivartika-dharmacakra-sūtra*, four fascicles
Sengyou's catalogue lists it as an anomalous text from the Liang region in Master Dao'an's catalogue (in the Northern Liang catalogue; second translation)

*Guangbo yanjing butuizhuan lun jing* (*Vipula-vyūha-viśuddha-avaivartika-cakra-sūtra*), four fascicles (or six fascicles)
Translated by Zhiyan and Baoyun, śramaṇas of Liangzhou under the Liu Song (Third translation)
The above three works are different translations of the same text (the *Avaivartika-sūtra* was placed among the sole translations in the Zhou Catalogue, which is an error).

*Bubi ding ru ding ru yin jing* (*Niyatāniyatāvatāra-mudrā-sūtra*), one fascicle
Translated by Gautama Prajñāruci, a brāhmaṇa under the Northern Wei (Recorded in the preface and note; first translation. The introductory note to this sūtra states: "On the day *renwu*, the first day of the month *xun* (*jiuzi*) in the year *Jianglou* [Xinghe 4 of the Wei dynasty], Gautama Ruci and the śramaṇa Tanlin translated nine thousand one hundred and ninety-three characters at the residence of Duke Gao, Master of Writing and Equal to the Three Excellencies." Various catalogues all stating that it was translated by Bodhiruci are mistaken; the present catalogue follows the note as correct).

*Niyatāniyatāvatāra-mudrā-sūtra*, one fascicle
Translated by Yijing, Tripiṭaka master under Empress Wu of the Great Tang (Newly entered into the catalogue; second translation)
The above two works are different translations of the same text (the older translation was listed as a sole translation in the Zhou Catalogue; newly collated, it is a retranslation).
The above four works in ten fascicles share one case.

*Sarva-puṇya-samuccaya-samādhi-sūtra*, three fascicles (or two fascicles)
Translated by Dharmarakṣa, Tripiṭaka master under the Western Jin (First translation)

*Ji yiqie fude sanmei jing* (*Sarva-puṇya-samuccaya-samādhi-sūtra*), three fascicles
Translated by Kumārajīva, Tripiṭaka master under the Later Qin (Recorded in the Zhenji Temple Catalogue; third translation)
The above two works are different translations of the same text (three translations in all; one translated text is lost).

*Brahmaviśeṣacinti-paripṛcchā-sūtra* (*Holding the Mind*), four fascicles (also called *Sūtra Adorning the Buddha-Dharma*, and also called *Sūtra on Guiding All Dharmas Equally*)
Translated by Dharmarakṣa, Tripiṭaka master under the Western Jin (or in six fascicles, seventeen chapters; first translation)
The above three works in ten fascicles share one case (According to the preface to the *Siyi* by the Later Qin śramaṇa Sengrui: "Gongming's earlier translation was rather ornate in expression, confusing its essential intent." Now, examining the various catalogues, Zhi Qian, courtesy name Gongming, an upāsaka of Yuezhi during the Wu dynasty, translated many sūtras, but had no text identical to the *Siyi*. The *Chixin jing* that is identical to the *Siyi* was actually translated by Dharmarakṣa of the Western Jin. Sengrui's statement that Gongming's earlier translation lost it was an error).

*Brahmaviśeṣacinti-paripṛcchā-sūtra*, four fascicles (or simply called *Siyi jing*; Sengyou calls it *Siyi yi jing*)
Translated by Kumārajīva, Tripiṭaka master under the Later Qin (Second translation)

*Viśeṣacinti-brahma-paripṛcchā-sūtra*, six fascicles
Translated by Bodhiruci, Tripiṭaka master from India under the Northern Wei (Third translation)
The above three works are different translations of the same text (the *Viśeṣacinti* sūtra has an explanatory treatise in four fascicles).
The above two works in ten fascicles share one case.

*Sūtra on the Bodhisattva Dharaniṃdhara*, four fascicles (some add the two characters *suowen* [paripṛcchā], or in three fascicles)
Translated by Dharmarakṣa, Tripiṭaka master under the Western Jin (First translation)

*Lokadhara-paripṛcchā-sūtra*, four fascicles (also called *Dharmamudrā-sūtra*, or in three fascicles)
Translated by Kumārajīva, Tripiṭaka master under the Later Qin (Third translation)
The above two works are different translations of the same text (three translations in all; the second text is lost).

*Sūtra on Rescuing Those Who Study the Vaipulya*, one fascicle (or without the character *xue* [study])
Translated by Dharmarakṣa, Tripiṭaka master under the Western Jin (First translation)

*Mahāyāna-vaipulya-dhāraṇī-sūtra*, one fascicle (or without the character *sheng* [mahā])
Translated by Vinītaruci, Tripiṭaka master from India under the Sui (Second translation)
The above two works are different translations of the same text (listed as a sole translation in the Zhou Catalogue; newly collated, it is a retranslation).
The above four works in ten fascicles share one case.

*Mañjuśrī-ratnagarbha-nirdeśa-sūtra*, three fascicles (or simply called *Ratnagarbha-sūtra*, or in two fascicles; first translation)
Translated by Dharmarakṣa, Tripiṭaka master under the Western Jin

*Mahāvaipulya-ratnakaraṇḍaka-sūtra*, three fascicles (or two fascicles)
Translated by Guṇabhadra, Tripiṭaka master from India under the Liu Song (Fourth translation)
The above two works are different translations of the same text (four translations in all; two translations are lost texts).

*Mahāyānābhisamaya-sūtra*, two fascicles (also called *Sūtra Expounded in the Vairocana Treasury on the Wisdom of Entering into All Buddha Actions*, or in four fascicles)
Translated by Jñānayaśas and others, Tripiṭaka master from India under the Yuwen Northern Zhou (First translation)