The version of the Middle Discourses found in the Chinese canon is known as the Madhyamāgama (Zhong ahan jing, 中阿含經), and is believed to stem from the Sarvāstivāda school. The original text is believed to have been in a form of Prākrit, probably Gandhārī, with some Sanskrit influence. It was translated in 60 fascicles by Gautama Saṅghadeva (瞿曇僧伽提婆) of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (東晋) at Dongting Monastery (東亭寺) in CE 397–398. It consists of 222 sutras, organized into five adhyāyas and eighteen vargas. The contents are similar to the Pali Majjhima Nikāya, though the collections are far from identical. In the Taishō edition of the Chinese canon, it is text number 26, located at T vol. 1, 421a.

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