[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Eastern Christian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy) › [Christian Arabic](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.ar) › كتاب برلام ويواصف # كتاب برلام ويواصف The Christian Arabic Barlaam and Josaphat Christian Arabic translation of the Greek Barlaam and Ioasaph, the story of the Indian prince Ioasaph (the Bodhisattva) converted by the hermit Barlaam; source of the Ethiopic version. - **Language:** Arabic - **Date:** 1000–1300 CE - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Based on - [Lalitavistara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lalitavistara) ## Translates - [Ἱστορία ψυχωφελὴς ἐκ τῆς ἐνδοτέρας τῶν Αἰθιόπων χώρας … (Βαρλαὰμ καὶ Ἰωάσαφ)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.byzantine.barlaam) - [Baralām wa-Yǝwāsǝf](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.gez.baralam-wa-yewasef) ## Versions and retellings - [Baralām wa-Yǝwāsǝf](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.gez.baralam-wa-yewasef) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.ar.barlaam](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.ar.barlaam) · Pramāṇa