Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra

The Mahāvaipulya Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra (Chinese: 大方等大集經, pinyin: Dàfāng děng dà jí jīng, Great Extensive Great Collection Sūtra) is a Mahayana Buddhist anthology of Mahayana sutras.

The sutra was translated into Chinese three times. The only extant copy of the entire collection is found in Chinese, though the individual sutras can be found in Sanskrit and in the Tibetan canon. The anthology consists of 17 sutras across 60 fascicles.

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