Pínpísuōluówáng yìfó gòngyǎng jīng 頻毘娑羅王詣佛供養經
Sūtra on King Bimbisāra’s Visit to Make Offerings to the Buddha (parallel to Ekottara-āgama 34.5) by 法炬 (Fǎjù, 譯)
About the work
A single-fascicle Western Jìn translation of a discourse on King Bimbisāra of Magadha’s visit to the Buddha to make offerings. The Chinese parallel is T125[34.5].
Prefaces
The text bears no preface or postface. The only paratext is the Western-Jìn translator’s signature at the head: 「西晉沙門釋法炬譯」.
Abstract
T136 was produced during Fǎjù’s Western Jìn translation period (290–311 CE), recorded in the frontmatter. The Indic source is presumed lost.
Links
- CBETA T02n0133 CBETA online text
- Kanseki DB
- 法炬 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (299, 390): Fei Changfang 費長房. Lidai sanbao ji (LDSBJ) 歷代三寶紀 T2034. T2034 (XLIX) 67a26, 112c14 dazangthings entry