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.
Links
- CBETA T02n0113 CBETA online text
- Kanseki DB
- 法炬 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (299): Fei Changfang 費長房. Lidai sanbao ji (LDSBJ) 歷代三寶紀 T2034. T2034 (XLIX) 67c3, 116c12 dazangthings entry