出三藏記集 9.85

9.85

永明十年九月十日。中天竺法師求那毘地。出修多羅藏十二部經中抄出譬喻。聚為一部。凡一百事。天竺僧伽斯法師集行大乘。為新學者撰說此經。

On the tenth day of the ninth month in the tenth year of the Yongming reign era, the Dharma Master Guṇavṛddhi of Central India extracted parables from the twelve divisions of the sūtra-piṭaka and gathered them into a single work, comprising one hundred stories in all. Master Saṃghasena of Tianzhu, who practiced the Great Vehicle, compiled and expounded this sūtra for beginner students.