Shi'ermen lun
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Shi'ermen lun. (S. *Dvādaśamukhaśāstra, J. Jūnimonron; K. Sibimun non 十二門論). Literally, “Twelve Gate Treatise.” One of the “three treatises” of the San lun zong. This text provides an interpretation of emptiness in twelve chapters.[1]
According to tradition, this text is a Chinese translation of an Indian text named *Dvādaśamukhaśāstra, made by Kumarajiva in 409.[1]
According to the Princeton Dictionary, "No Sanskrit or Tibetan recensions of the Shi’ermun lun are known to have existed and the Sanskrit title is a tentative reconstruction."[1]
The Sanskrit title is reconstructed variously as follows:
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. *Śataśāstra.
- ↑ Liu 1994, p. 27.
- ↑ Seyfort Ruegg 1981, p. 2.
- ↑ Cheng 2013, p. 5.
- ↑ Dan Arnold, Madhyamaka Buddhist Philosophy Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Accessed Jan 2025)
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University- Cheng, Hsueh-li (2013), Nagarjuna's Twelve Gate Treatise Translated With Introductory Essays, Comments, and Notes, Springer
- Liu, Ming-Wood (1994), Madhyamaka Thought in China, Sinica Leidensia, 30, Brill Academic Pub.
Seyfort Ruegg, David (1981), The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India, A History of Indian Literature, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. PDF copy
