Fóshuō Shí’èryóu jīng 佛說十二遊經
Sūtra of the Twelve-Year Wanderings of the Buddha by 迦留陀伽 (Kālodaka, 譯)
About the work
A short single-fascicle Buddha-biography text recounting the Buddha’s twelve years of post-awakening travels and ministry. Translated by 迦留陀伽 Kālodaka in the Eastern Jìn. Signature: 「東晉西域沙門迦留陀伽譯」. The opening narrates the Bodhisattva’s renunciation and his early-pilgrim study under the brāhmaṇa of Gautama-gotra (婆羅門, 姓瞿曇).
Prefaces
No preface or postface; only the canonical translator-signature.
Abstract
T195 is one of the more compact Buddha-biographies in Chinese, focused not on the descent and birth (the Lalitavistara-genre concern) but on the post-awakening twelve-year ministry — i.e., a vinaya-narrative-class Buddha-biography. The text bridges Buddha-biography and vinaya-narrative literature: its concern with the Buddha’s ministry and the cāturmāsa travel-cycle is consistent with a Madhyamāgama / vinaya-vibhaṅga type Indic source.
Translations and research
No substantial secondary literature located.
Links
- CBETA online text
- Kālodaka (迦留陀伽) DILA
- Kanseki DB
- Dazangthings date evidence (392, 440): [ Fei 597 ] Fei Changfang 費長房. Lidai sanbao ji (LDSBJ) 歷代三寶紀 T2034. T2034 (XLIX) 65a8-11, 70b27-c2, 91b24 — dazangthings.nz