04:11 Feb 1, 2011 

Ambrose may be right that 義 is referring to 'meaning' (as in 意義 / 釋義) rather than its literal meaning - justice. The book 顯明佛母義之燈 may indeed be the same book. Its description says: 本論是{般若經}的經義闡釋，... If this is indeed the case, then Ambrose's interpretation would be correct. I agree with Phil that Oscarvil may need to translate this one himself.

03:53 Feb 1, 2011 

Agree that 義 may not be justice but something else. The bookstore is too far away from me; otherwise, I'd certainly be interested to find out the answer.

03:41 Feb 1, 2011 

Good detective work, Ambrose! You've convinced me. Sorry, Oscarvil, looks like you've got to translate this one yourself.

21:44 Jan 31, 2011 

By the way, it seems that even the name of this book in Chinese is not really standardized (as demonstrated by the Wikipedia entry for 福稱, for example). I strongly suspect that http://www.ddc.com.tw/PrtShow.asp?Series=30&ClassType=1&Comm... is the same book and someone who is able to go to a large/specialized Chinese bookstore may be able to ascertain what 義 means in the title and maybe give a more definitive suggestion.

18:39 Jan 31, 2011 

I’ll elaborate on my justification for disagreeing that Abhisamayalankara is the answer.

One reason is simply the literal meaning. Sharon has already given her interpretation of the name. I interpret the name a little differently, as “Commentary on the Abhisamayalankara: A lamp that reveals the meaning of the Prajna” (I interpret 義 as “meaning” instead of “justice”; this may or may not be right). The literal meaning—in fact the very presence of the word 釋 as I wrote earlier—makes it very clear that we are not talking about the Abhisamayalankara itself.

Additional (not necessarily more objective) justification is the timing of the two. According to http://www.panditatranslation.org/?p=1345, the author of our target book is 福稱 (娑南亟卑貝·南倔秋亟得 according to Google Books), identified by Wikipedia as a Tibetan in the 15c. This is in disagreement with Abhisamayalankara’s dating to the 4c.

The answer therefore cannot be Abhisamayalankara.