Pìyù jīng 譬喻經

Sūtra of Parables by 義淨 (Yìjìng, 譯)

About the work

A short single-fascicle pìyù sūtra translated by 義淨 Yìjìng in the Tang. Signature: 「大唐三藏法師義淨譯」. The opening sets a Jetavana frame in Yìjìng’s idiosyncratic Sanskritising orthography (室羅伐城逝多 = Śrāvastī Jetavana).

Prefaces

No preface or postface; only the canonical translator-signature.

Abstract

T217 falls within Yìjìng’s documented post-695 translation programme at Cháng’ān and Luòyáng (700–713). The Indic source corresponds to a Mūlasarvāstivādin Vinaya-narrative avadāna compatible with Yìjìng’s principal Indic-source orientation.

Translations and research

No substantial secondary literature located.