The Modengqie jing; Skt. Ma^tan%gi^-su^tra; Tib. stag rna'i rtogs pa brjod pa （To.358）; （Sutra of the Ma^tan%gi^ Girl）. An early magical text， in which the Buddha's vidya^ rescues a^nanda from the spell of an outcaste （can!d!ala）. Possibly the first Buddhist work to introduce mantras， which include the Ga^yatri mantra from the R!g Veda. Of the Chinese versions， （3） and （4） are earlier and much shorter.
（1） 2 fasc. （T 1300.21.399-410）， Ma^tan%gi^-su^tra 摩登伽经 trans. Zhulüyan 竺律炎 and Zhiqian 支谦 in 230 CE.
（2） 1 fasc. （T 1301.21.410-420）， Admonition of the Prince and Twenty-eight Lunar Lodgings 舍头諌太子二十八宿经. This version gives successive measurements of a gnomon's shadow which， according to modern calculations， suggest that the text originates in the vicinity of Samarkand.
（3） 1 fasc. （T 551.14.895） Sutra of the Ma^tan%gi^ Girl 摩邓女经， trans. An shigao 安世高 during 148-70 CE.
（4） 1 fasc. （T 552.14.895-896） Sutra of the Ma^tan%gi^ Girl who Reveals the Six Matters 摩登女解形中六事经， trans. unknown， during 317-420 CE.