Nāgārjuna’s Treatise of the Five Sciences (Long Shu Wu Ming Lun) 龍樹五明論

Colophon

第 21 冊　No. 1420 龍樹五明論 共 2 卷
Volume 21, No. 1420; Long Shu Wu Ming Lun; Nāgārjuna’s Treatise of the Five Sciences; One scroll

Summary

Contains Images; an esoteric text in the 諸陀羅尼經類 dharani sutras group (1331–1420).

Notes

This text does not appear in the Korean canon. A Taishō footnote for this text reads: ＜原＞平安時代寫石山寺藏本 Source: Heian Period Notes: [794－1192] manuscript from the Ishiyama-dera collection.

English translation

Steavu, Dominic 2017, “Apotropaic Substances as Medicine in Buddhist Healing Methods: Nāgārjuna’s Treatise of the Five Sciences,” In: P. Salguero (ed.), Buddhism and Medicine - An Anthology of Premodern Sources, New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 441-453.

Primary Source

《龍樹五明論》 'Long Shu Wu Ming Lun,' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 21, No. 1420, Accessed 2016-10-10, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T21n1420.

References

  1. Giebel 2011, pp. 27-36.
  2. Robson 2011, p. 228.

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