Ghanavyūha Sūtra
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The Ghanavyūha sūtra (Sanskrit, Dense Array Sūtra, Tibetan: 'phags pa rgyan stug po bkod pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo), also called the Mahāyāna Secret Adornment Sūtra (Chinese: 大乘密嚴經, Dà chéng mì yán jīng) is a Mahāyāna Sūtra which is an important scriptural source for Indian Yogācāra and tathāgatagarbha thought.[1]
The Sanskrit source text is no longer extant. The sutra survives in two Chinese translations, one (Taishō no. 681) by the Indian translator Divākara (613-687) assisted by Fazang, and one by Vajrācārya Amoghavajra (Taishō no. 682).[2][3] A Tibetan translation also survives as part of the Kanjur (Derge Kanjur no. 110) and it is titled 'phags pa rgyan stug po bkod pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo (Skt. Ārya ghanavyūha nāma mahāyāna sūtra).[3]