Fóshuō Fànmónán guówáng jīng 佛說梵摩難國王經
Sūtra of King Brahmadatta (translator unknown)
About the work
The Fóshuō Fànmónán guówáng jīng (T521) is a one-fascicle anonymous short sūtra. Fànmónán 梵摩難 likely transliterates Brahmadatta (a stock royal name in Indic narratives).
Prefaces
The text opens with the canonical formula. There is no surviving translator attribution.
Abstract
A short avadāna-style narrative on a king’s encounter with the Buddha. Unattributed translation; the broad pre-Sui dating bracket (200–600 CE) is standard for such anonymous texts.
Translations and research
- No substantial secondary literature located.