経集の大品第六経で、天神に転生した旧親族に促された遍歴行者サビヤが、答えの出ない問いを携えて諸師のもとを巡り歩き、ついに仏陀の答えに満足して教団に加わるまでを語る

The sixth sutta of the Mahā Vagga of the Suttanipāta, recounting how the wanderer Sabhiya, prompted by a former relative reborn as a deity, journeys among rival teachers with unanswered questions before finding satisfaction in the Buddha’s replies and joining the Order.