Pí yē suō wèn jīng 毘耶娑問經
The Sūtra of the Inquiry of Vyāsa by 瞿曇般若流支 (Gautama Prajñāruci, 譯)
About the work
This 2-fascicle text by 瞿曇般若流支 Gautama Prajñāruci is a Mahāyāna sūtra featuring the legendary Indian sage Pí yē suō 毘耶娑 (Vyāsa, the redactor of the Mahābhārata and the Vedas) as the bodhisattva-inquirer. The Buddhist appropriation of Vyāsa as a Buddhist sage-figure is unusual and reflects the broader inter-religious dialogue between Buddhism and Brahmanical traditions in mid-first-millennium India.
Prefaces
No formal preface.
Abstract
The translation belongs to Prajñāruci’s Eastern-Wèi period (538 – 543 CE).
The Taishō text (T0354) is established on the standard apparatus.
Translations and research
- No substantial Western-language translation located.
Links
- CBETA T12n0354
- Kanseki DB
- 瞿曇般若流支 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (543) — Sakaino Kōyō 境野黄洋. Shina Bukkyō seishi 支那佛教精史. Tokyo: Sakaino Kōyō Hakushi Ikō Kankōkai, 1935. 671.