貞元新定釋教目錄 21.9

21.9

大般涅槃經四十卷（或三十六卷四帙）
　北涼天竺三藏曇無讖於姑臧譯
（第五單重合譯其涅槃經宋文帝代元嘉年中達于建業時有𤡸州沙門范惠嚴清河沙門崔惠觀陳郡處士謝靈
運等以讖前經品數踈簡乃依舊泥洹經加之品目文有過質頗亦改結為三十卷行於江左比於前經時小異
有論一卷略釋大經又論一卷釋本有今無一偈）。
大般涅槃經後譯荼毘分二卷
（亦名闍維分亦名後分）
大唐（南海波凌國沙門若那跋陀羅共唐國沙門會寧於彼國共譯出大周錄單本）
右一經是前大般涅槃經之餘。憍陳如品
之末。兼說滅度已後焚燒等事（義淨三藏求法傳云。益府城都
沙門會寧麟德年中往遊天竺。到南海波凌國。遂與彼國三藏沙門若那跋陀羅。唐云智賢。於阿笈摩經抄出如來
涅槃焚燒之事。非大乘涅槃經也。遣使寄來方之天竺。今尋此經與長阿含初分遊行經少分相似。而不全同。經中
復言法身常在。常樂我淨。佛菩薩境界非二乘所知。與大涅槃義理相涉。經初復題陳如品末文勢相接且編於此。
諸博識知。詳而定之）。
大般泥洹經六卷或十卷
　東晉平陽沙門釋法顯共覺賢譯　第四譯
右一經是大般涅槃經之前分。盡大眾問
品同本異譯。
（兼茶毘分前後七譯四譯闕本）。
上二經八卷同帙。
方等般泥洹經二卷（亦名大般泥洹經或三卷）
　西晉三藏竺法護譯　第一譯
四童子三昧經三卷（或直名四童子經）
　隋天竺三藏闍那崛多等譯　第二譯
右二經同本異譯（按群錄中又有哀泣經二卷或二卷云與方等泥洹同本異譯亦不
述其翻譯所由尋其文句即是方等泥洹更無有異其方等泥洹初品名為哀泣但取此品題目以作經名比於方
等泥洹仍闕三品餘並無別既是繁重刪之不錄）。
大悲經五卷
　高齊天竺三藏那連提耶舍共法智譯　單
本
上三經十卷同帙（方等般泥洹等三經涅槃支流）。

Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra, 40 fascicles (or 36 fascicles, in 4 cases).
Translated at Guzang by Dharmakṣema, Indian Tripiṭaka master of the Northern Liang.
(The fifth translation, a composite of individual and re-translations. When this Nirvāṇa-sūtra reached Jianye during the Yuanjia era of the reign of Emperor Wen of the Song, the śramaṇa Fan Huiyan of Youzhou, the śramaṇa Cui Huiguan of Qinghe, and the retired scholar Xie Lingyun of Chen Commandery, observing that Dharmakṣema's earlier text had coarse and brief chapter divisions, supplemented it with chapter titles based on the older Nihuán jīng. Where the text was excessively plain, they altered and rearranged it considerably into a thirty-fascicle text that circulated in Jiangzuo, which differed slightly from the earlier scripture. There is a one-fascicle treatise briefly explaining the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra, and another one-fascicle treatise explaining the verse on 'originally existing but now absent'.)
Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra: Latter Portion of the Cremation, 2 fascicles
(also titled 'Śarīra Cremation Portion' [Shéwéi fèn], or 'Latter Portion').
Great Tang (translated jointly in the realm of Poling in the Southern Sea by the śramaṇa Jñānabhadra of that kingdom and the Tang śramaṇa Huining; single extant translation in the Great Zhou Catalogue).
The one scripture above is a supplement to the preceding Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra, continuing from the end of the Kauṇḍinya Chapter to recount the events of the cremation and related occurrences after the parinirvāṇa. (Tripiṭaka Master Yijing's Biography of Eminent Monks Who Sought the Dharma states: During the Linde era, the śramaṇa Huining of Chengdu in Yifu traveled to India. Reaching the realm of Poling in the Southern Sea, he collaborated with the Tripiṭaka master of that realm, the śramaṇa Jñānabhadra—in Tang language, Zhixian—to extract from the Āgama scriptures the account of the Tathāgata's nirvāṇa and cremation; it is not the Mahāyāna Nirvāṇa-sūtra. He dispatched envoys to send it back, where it was compared with texts from India. Examining this scripture now, it bears a slight resemblance to the Yuxing jing [Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra] in the first portion of the Dīrgha-āgama, though they are not entirely identical. Moreover, the scripture speaks of the dharmakāya as eternally enduring, permanent, blissful, self, and pure, and describes the realm of Buddhas and bodhisattvas as beyond the grasp of the two vehicles, thereby intersecting in doctrine with the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra. Furthermore, the beginning of the text bears the title 'End of the Kauṇḍinya Chapter,' maintaining continuity in rhetorical flow, so it is temporarily catalogued here. Let the widely learned and wise examine and determine this.)
Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra [Dà bān níhuán jīng], 6 fascicles (or 10 fascicles).
Translated jointly by the Eastern Jin śramaṇa Shi Faxian of Pingyang and Buddhabhadra [Juexian]. Fourth translation.
The one scripture above is the earlier portion of the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra, extending to the Chapter of the Great Assembly's Inquiry; it is a different translation of the same original.
(Together with the Cremation Portion, there were seven translations in all, four of which are missing texts.)
The above two scriptures, in 8 fascicles, share the same case.
Vaipulya-parinirvāṇa-sūtra, 2 fascicles (also titled Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra, or in 3 fascicles).
Translated by the Western Jin Tripiṭaka master Dharmarakṣa. First translation.
Caturdārakasamādhi-sūtra, 3 fascicles (or simply titled Four Boys Sūtra).
Translated by the Sui Indian Tripiṭaka master Jñānagupta and others. Second translation.
The above two scriptures are different translations of the same original. (According to various catalogues, there is also an Ākrośana-sūtra [Aiqì jīng] in 2 fascicles, or 1 fascicle, noted as a different translation of the same original as the Vaipulya-parinirvāṇa-sūtra, though the circumstances of its translation are not detailed. Examining its phrasing, it is identical to the Vaipulya-parinirvāṇa-sūtra without any difference. The opening chapter of the Vaipulya-parinirvāṇa-sūtra is titled 'Weeping and Lamentation' [Āiqì], and this title was merely adopted as the scripture's name; compared to the Vaipulya-parinirvāṇa-sūtra, it lacks three chapters, while the rest is indistinguishable. Since it is redundant, it has been eliminated and is not catalogued.)
Mahākaruṇā-sūtra, 5 fascicles.
Translated by the Northern Qi Indian Tripiṭaka master Narendrayaśas together with Fazhi. Single translation.
The above three scriptures, in 10 fascicles, share the same case (the Vaipulya-parinirvāṇa-sūtra and the other two scriptures are offshoots of the Nirvāṇa class).