Kongō Jōdaranikyō

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Kongō Jōdaranikyō (金剛場陀羅尼経, "Dhāraṇī of the Adamantine Place"^?) is a Japanese sūtra of the Vajrayana school of Buddhism. Copied by the priest Hōrin in 686, it is the oldest hand-copied sūtra in Japan and is designated as a national treasure. Hōrin based his copy on the original by Jñānagupta (523-600).

[edit] External links

• Image of original sutra at Nara National Museum

[edit] References

• Kawase, Kazuma; Hisaji Okazaki (2001) (in Japanese). Shoshigaku Nyūmon. Tōkyō: Yūshōdō Shuppan. pp. 164. ISBN 4-8419-0290-2. 
• Matsumura, Akira (1995) (in Japanese). Daijirin: 2nd edition. Tōkyō: Sanseidō. pp. 958. ISBN 4-385-14009-X.