抄録
The aim of this paper is to examine the sectarian affiliation of the Chuyao jing (出曜経) through a comparative study of narratives in this sutra and their parallels in other texts. This sutra, like the Faju piyu jing (法句譬喩経) and the Dhammapadatthakatha, consists of two parts, namely verses from the Dhammapada/Dharmapada (or the Udanavarga), and narratives in prose that explain how those verses came to be stated. Although these verses have drawn much attention from scholars, the narratives in prose have been neglected. Shedding some light on the narratives explained in prose, therefore, I found the following three points:
(1) Some narratives clearly conform only to the tradition of the Sarvastivadins.
(2) The narrative of Srona Kotivimsa conforms only to the tradition of the Anguttara-Nikaya and the Zengyi ahan jing (増一阿含経).
(3) The jataka story of the bird, the monkey and the elephant, does not share its tradition with any sect.
These facts lead us to the possibility that this sutra is a compilation of narratives collected from texts of various sects, rather than those of a single sect.
