Fóshuō Zhǎngzhě Fǎzhì qī jīng 佛說長者法志妻經
Sūtra of the Wife of Elder Fǎzhì (translator unknown)
About the work
The Fóshuō Zhǎngzhě Fǎzhì qī jīng (T572) is a one-fascicle short sūtra of unknown translation attribution. The protagonist is the wife of the elder Fǎzhì 法志 (*Dharmaprasāda or similar). CANWWW alt. title 法志妻經.
Prefaces
The text opens with the canonical formula. No translator attribution survives.
Abstract
A short Mahāyāna avadāna in the wise-women cluster (alongside T567–T571). The catalog assigns no dynasty; the text is anonymous and listed among the Eastern Jìn shīyì corpus by Chū sānzàng jì jí (T2145), whence the conservative bracket of 317–420 CE used here.
Translations and research
- Paul, Diana Y. Women in Buddhism. Berkeley, 1979.
- No further substantial secondary literature located.
Links
- CBETA T14n0572
- Kanseki DB
- Dazangthings date evidence (430) — T = CBETA [Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association]. Taishō shinshū daizōkyō 大正新脩大藏經. Edited by Takakusu Junjirō 高楠順次郎 and Watanabe Kaigyoku 渡邊海旭. Tokyo: Taishō shinshū daizōkyō kankōkai/Daizō shuppan, 1924-1932. CBReader v 5.0, 2014.