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The Chinese Biography of Jīvaka, Buddhist King of Physicians
Author Giddings, William (譯) ; Salguero, C. Pierce (引言)
Source Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies
Volumev.5 Series Four
Date2024
Pages35 - 67
PublisherInstitute of Buddhist Studies
Publisher Url http://www.shin-ibs.edu/
LocationBerkeley, CA, US [伯克利, 加利福尼亞州, 美國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
Note1. William Giddings
Independent Scholar.

2. C. Pierce Salguero
Pennsylvania State University, Abington, USA.
KeywordChinese Buddhism; biography; Jīvaka; medicine; doctor; surgery; Āmrapāli; goddess
AbstractJīvaka is a legendary physician frequently mentioned in Buddhist sources. Buddhist traditions from around Asia present him as a model healer and lay patron of the monastic order. The extant biographies can be divided into three relatively distinct streams of transmission (Pāli, Sanskrit-Tibetan, and Chinese), and regionally specific legends about Jīvaka have grown around this core narrative. While the other versions of the legend have been translated into English, the Chinese biography of Jīvaka has yet to be. Jīvaka’s legend is found in Chinese in several different versions dating from the fourth to fifth centuries. The translation below is of the longer recension of the Chinese Jīvaka biography, called the Āmrapāli and Jīvaka Avadāna Sutra (Foshuo nainü Zhiyu yinyuan jing 佛說㮈女祇域因緣經), found in text number 553 of the Taishō Tripiṭaka. The translation was completed by William Giddings, while this introduction was authored by Pierce Salguero.
Table of contentsTHE ĀMRAPĀLĪ AND JĪVAKA AVADĀNA SUTRA 42
[Āmrapālī’s Story] 42
[Jīvaka’s Birth and Early Life] 45
[Medical Training] 47
[Jīvaka’s First Cure: Nasal Irrigation] 49
[Second Cure: Abdominal Surgery for Intestinal Blockage] 51
[Third Cure: Cranial Surgery] 52
[Fourth Cure: Abdominal Surgery for Dislocated Liver] 54
[Fifth Cure: Ghee for the King] 55
[Āmrapālī, Sumana, and Padma] 63
[Conclusion] 66
ISSN08973644 (E)
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Created date2024.08.13
Modified date2024.08.16



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