『方広大荘厳経』の満州語訳について

抄録

This article studies the Manchu translation of a Buddhist scripture titled in Manchu Umesi aiman badaraka amba fujurungga yangsangga nomun. When comparing the Lalitavistara with its Tibetan and Mongolian translations, I realized that there also exists a Manchu version. Therefore, here I report on this Manchu translation.

Research on the Manchu Tripiṭaka has not been carried out in detail, and different perspectives on the originals and translation methods of this corpus have been suggested. This article gives the names of 27 chapters of the Manchu translation mentioned above. On this basis, I am able to confirm that the original of this Manchu translation was the Chinese Fangguang Dazhuangyan jing方広大荘厳経. Examples are offered which clarify that this Manchu translation used the “word by word translation” approach, in the tradition of Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhist scripture translations.