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Lai04 / Identifier 2-1404 / Volume 004

The work "Additions to the Lotus Sutra, eight fascicles" is listed in the Yongle Northern Canon catalogue and is currently included under "Yongle Northern Canon / Mahayana Sutras / Re-translated Sutras Outside the Five Great Divisions." It can be provisionally regarded as a Buddhist text in the Yongle Northern Canon catalogue; further details require close reading of the front matter and the main text. OpenSutra has organized readable volumes in the original catalogue order; specific image sources are indicated in each volume record. The catalogue for this work comprises 8 volumes; currently 1 volume has not been published due to missing images: Volume 005 (catalogue number 2-1405, thousand-character volume number 赖05).

OpenSutra Currently the published volumes of this work are organized under "Yongle Northern Canon / Mahayana Sutras / Re-translated Sutras Outside the Five Great Divisions," with image sources and catalogue numbers listed in each volume record. It can be provisionally regarded as a Buddhist text in the Yongle Northern Canon catalogue; further details require close examination of the front matter and the main text. The precise nature of such materials should be further verified according to the title, author/translator, inscriptions at the beginning of the fascicle, and the main text. Here the readable volumes of "Additions to the Lotus Sutra, eight fascicles" are gathered in the original catalogue order, suitable for consulting by volume sequence, catalogue number, thousand-character volume number, or title. Notes on missing volumes: The catalogue for this work comprises 8 volumes; currently 1 volume has not been published due to missing source images — missing Volume 005 (catalogue number 2-1405, thousand-character volume number 赖05). Links to the source of each volume are preserved with each record; current source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-1403/050801050106 Related translator information: Translated the additions by 隋阇那崛多 and 共达摩笈多.
Published: Jun 13, 2026
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Responsibility Info

Translated (Zengpin) by Jñānagupta together with Dharmakṣema; title, classification, and volume number are recorded according to the Shandong Provincial Library’s Yongle Northern Canon catalog.

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This volume contains 45 pages. Qianziwen volume code: Lai04. Yongle Northern Canon volume images.

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Title, classification, qianziwen volume code, and catalog identifier are recorded according to the Shandong Provincial Library’s Yongle Northern Canon catalog; in-book title plaques, inscriptions, and end-of-fascicle information await further verification against the pages.

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Shandong Provincial Library · Yongle Northern Canon catalog identifier: 2-1404 Qianziwen volume code: Lai04 Catalog classification: Yongle Northern Canon / Mahayana Sutras / Re-translated Sutras outside the Five Major Divisions Parent work: Zengpin of the Saddharmapundarika Sūtra, eight fascicles Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Northern Canon source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-1404/050801050106

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