Fayuan Zhulin (Chinese: 法苑珠林 "Forest of Gems in the Garden of the Dharma"), in 100 juan (卷 "volume", "fascicle"), is a Buddhist encyclopedia compiled AD 668 by Dao Shi (道世). The Sanskrit term ( Devanāgarī: धर्म Pali transliteration dhamma) is an Indian spiritual and religious Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices An encyclopedia (or '''encyclopædia''') is a comprehensive written Compendium that contains Information on either all branches of Knowledge Events By Place Europe Childeric II succeeds Clotaire III as King of the Franks. It comprises Buddhist and other ancient texts otherwise lost, and is thus an important source of ancient knowledge in many fields.