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The Śālistamba Sūtra (rice stalk or rice sapling sūtra) is an early Buddhist text that shows a few unique features which indicate a turn to the early Mahayana. It thus has been considered one of the first Mahayana sutras.[1] According to N. Ross Reat, the sutra could date as far back as 200 BCE.[2] It is possible that this sutra represents a period of Buddhist literature before the Mahayana had diverged significantly from the doctrine of the Early Buddhist schools.[3]
Three commentaries on the sutra traditionally attributed to Nagarjuna also survive in Tibetan (Peking nos. 5466, 5485, 5486).[4] There is also a commentary attributed to Kamalasila (eighth century).[5]
- ^ Reat, N. Ross. The Śālistamba sūtra : Tibetan original, Sanskrit reconstruction, English translation, critical notes (including Pali parallels, Chinese version, and ancient Tibetan fragments). Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1993, p. 1.
- ^ Reat, 1993, p. 4.
- ^ Potter, Karl H. Abhidharma Buddhism to 150 A.D. page 32.
- ^ Reat, 1993, p. 2.
- ^ Tatz, Mark. Reviewed work(s): The Śālistamba Sūtra and Its Indian Commentaries by Jeffrey D. Schoening in Journal of the American Oriental Society volume 118, 1998, page 546.
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