Fó shuō yōu tián wáng jīng 佛說優填王經
The Sūtra Spoken by the Buddha on King Udayana by 法炬 (Fǎjù, 譯)
About the work
This 1-fascicle text by 法炬 Fǎjù is a Mahāyāna sūtra concerning King Yōu Tián 優填 (Udayana), the legendary Indian king famous in Buddhist hagiography for commissioning the first Buddha-image. The work treats the King Udayana’s relations with the Buddha and his patronage of the saṅgha.
Prefaces
No formal preface.
Abstract
法炬 Fǎjù (active late 3rd / early 4th c.) was a Western-Jìn translator. The translation belongs to the period c. 290 – 306 CE per the Chū sānzàng jì jí. The bracket adopted here reflects this window.
The Taishō text (T0332) is established on the standard apparatus.
Translations and research
- No substantial Western-language translation located.
- Carter, Martha L. The Mystery of the Udayana Buddha. Naples: Istituto Universitario Orientale, 1990 — for the Udayana legend.
Links
- CBETA T12n0332
- 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) 67b3, 54c2, 116c15.