- Category
- Scripture
- Claimed author
- Compiled from ancient records
- Likely origin
- Paul Carus (compiler), drawing on canonical Buddhist texts
- Date
- 1894 CE (sources c. 5th century BCE onward)
- Language
- English (compiled from Pali and Sanskrit sources)
- Manuscripts
- Published book; underlying canonical sources well attested
- Accepted by
- Modern compilation arranged from canonical Pali and Sanskrit sources
Paul Carus's 1894 arrangement of the Buddha's life and teaching in 100 numbered chapters, compiled from canonical Buddhist texts. Widely used in early Western Buddhism and endorsed by contemporary Buddhist teachers.