Pǔdá wáng jīng 普達王經

Sūtra of King Pǔdá (translator unknown)

About the work

The Pǔdá wáng jīng (T522) is a one-fascicle anonymous short sūtra. Pǔdá 普達 (“Universally-Comprehending”) may be a Chinese semantic translation rather than a transliteration.

Prefaces

The text opens with the canonical formula. There is no translator attribution.

Abstract

A short avadāna-style narrative on a king’s encounter with the Buddha. Standard pre-Sui anonymous shīyì attribution.

Translations and research

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