Fó shuō Ānán tóngxué jīng 佛說阿難同學經
Sūtra of Ānanda’s Fellow-Disciple (sub-titled “出增一阿含經”; an extract from the Ekottara-āgama) by 安世高 (Ān Shìgāo, 譯)
About the work
A single-fascicle Eastern Hàn translation, sub-titled “出增一阿含經” (“excerpted from the Ekottara-āgama”), on the conversion of a fellow-disciple of Ānanda named Juéduō 掘多. The text predates the Chinese Ekottara-āgama itself by 200 years; the sub-title is the cataloguer’s later identification.
Prefaces
The text bears no preface or postface. The only paratext is the canonical translator’s signature at the head: 「後漢安息國三藏安世高譯」.
Abstract
T153 was produced during Ān Shìgāo’s Luòyáng period (148–170 CE), recorded in the frontmatter. The Indic source is presumed lost.
Links
- CBETA online text T0149
- Kanseki DB
- 安世高 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (160, 390): Fèi Chángfáng 費長房. Lìdài sānbǎo jì (LDSBJ) 歷代三寶紀 T2034. T2034 (XLIX) 52a12. dazangthings source 116