Sūtrasamuccaya

Sūtrasamuccaya (T. mdo kun las btus pa མདོ་ཀུན་ལས་བཏུས་པ་; C. Dasheng baoyaoyi lun 大乘寶要義論), or Compendium of Sutras, is a text attributed to Nagarjuna that consists of passages from sixty-eight mainly Mahayana sutras. The selected passages extol the Mahayana path.

This text is notable because it provides scholars with evidence of the Mahayana sutras that were extant during the time of Nagarjuna.

The following Mahāyāna Sūtras are quoted in the Sūtrasamuccaya:

• Saddharmapundarika-sutra (Lotus Sutra)
• Nirnaya-raja-sutra
• Bodhisattva-pitaka
• Bhagavajjnana-vaipulya-sutra
• Candra-garbha-parivarta
• Gandavyuha-sutra
• Bhadrakalpika-sutra
• Tathagata-guhya-sutra
• Vimatisamudghata-sutra
• Sraddha-bala-dhana-sutra
• Sagara-naga-raja-pariprccha
• Tathagataguna-jnanacintyavis-ayavatara-nirdesa-sutra
• Astasahasrika Prajñaparamita
• Astadasasahasrika Prajñaparamita
• Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajñaparamita
• Simhasutejo'vadana
• Prasenajit-pariprccha
• Prasanta-viniscaya-pratiharya-sutra
• Ajatasatru-parivarta
• Ratnarasi-sutra
• Kasyapaparivarta
• Pitaputrasamagamana-sutra
• Dharmasamgiti-sutra
• Aksayamati-nirdesa-sutra
• Upayakausalya-sutra
• Viradattagrhapati-pariprcchda
• Ratnamegha-sutra
• Dharani-svararaja-pariprccha
• Maitreya-simhanada-sutra
• Mañjusri-vikridita-sutra
• Candrapradipa-sutra (a.k.a. Samadhiraja-sutra, Candraprabhaparivarta-sutra)
• Niyataniyatavataramudrasutra
• Mañjusri-vikurvana-parivarta

• Sagaramati-pariprccha-sutra
• Ugra-pariprccha-sutra
• Pravrajyantaraya-sutra
• Udayanavatsaraja-pariprccha
• Saddharma-smrtyupasthana-sutra
• Vimalakirti-nirdesa
• Satyaka-parivarta
• Vicikitsasudhvamsa-sutra (possibly identical to Vimatisamudghata-sutra)
• Suryagarbha-parivarta
• Akasagarbha-parivarta
• Ksitigarbha-sutra
• Adhyasayasamcodana-sutra
• Brahma-pariprccha
• Puspakuta-sutra
• Mahakaruna-(pundarika)-sutra
• Tathagata-bimba-parivarta
• Anupurva-samudgata-sutra
• Tathagatotpattisambhava-sutra
• Lokottara-parivarta
• Lankavatara-sutra
• Mahasamnipata-parivarta
• Avaivartacakra-sutra
• Srimalasimhanada-sutra
• Bhadramayakara-sutra
• Buddhavatamsaka-sutra
• Brahma-visesacinti-pariprccha
• Saptasatika Prajñaparamita
• Ratnasamnicaya-nirdesa-sutra
• Trisatika Prajñaparamita
• Ratnadattamanava-sutra
• Tathagata-kosa-sutra
• Maradamana-parivarta
• Dasabhumika-sutra

A text of the same name is attributed to Shantideva, but this text is no longer extant.

See also

• Mahasamnipata Sutra

Sources

• Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University 
• Pasadika, Bhikkhu (1982), "Prolegomena to an English Translation of the Sutrasamuccaya", The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Volume 5 (2): 101–109 

Further reading

• Sutrasamuccaya, Wikipedia
• 大乘寶要義論, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)