Fó shuō Nántíshì jīng 佛說難提釋經

Sūtra of the Śākyan Nandiya (parallel to Saṃyukta-āgama sūtra 857) by 法炬 (Fǎjù, 譯)

About the work

The Fó shuō Nántíshì jīng is a single-fascicle Western Jìn 西晉 translation of a discourse to the Śākyan layman Nandiya 難提 (with the lineage marker 釋 = Śākyan). The setting is at Kosambī (俱舍梨國) under the Banyan tree (尼拘類). The Chinese parallel is T99[857].

Prefaces

The text bears no preface or postface. The only paratext is the Western-Jìn translator’s signature at the head: 「西晉沙門法炬譯」.

Abstract

T113 was produced during Fǎjù’s Western Jìn translation period (290–311 CE), recorded in the frontmatter. The Indic source is presumed lost.