Bodhiruci (8th century)

For the 6th century Bodhiruchi, see Bodhiruci.

Bodhiruchi (C. Putiliuzhi 菩提流志) (572?-727). A Buddhist monk from Southern India who travelled to China during the Tang dynasty and translated texts in the Chinese language. He was originally known by the name of Dharmaruci (達摩流支).

The Digital Dictionary of Buddhism states:

A naturally gifted child, he entered the religious world at the age of twelve studying Brahmanism, mastering linguistics 聲明, Sāṃkhya 數論， lunar and solar calendrical studies 曆數, geography 地理, astronomy 天文, thaumaturgy 咒術 and medicine 醫方. At the age of 60 he was converted to Buddhism, going into retirement to practice Buddhist discipline and study the tripiṭaka. His fame reached to the Tang, such that he received an invitation from Gaozong 高宗. He arrived to Chang'an in 693, where he received the patronage of Empress Wu 則天武后, who installed him at Foshoujisi 佛授記寺 in Luoyang 洛陽. In the same year his translations began to be published, starting with eleven sūtras including the Baoyu jing 寶雨經. In 706, he moved to Chongfusi 崇福寺 in Chang'an, where he translated the Bukong juansuo shenbian zhenyan jing 不空羂索神變眞言經, the Yizi foding lunwang jing 一字佛頂輪王經 and other works. Taking up where Xuanzang had left off, he also translated the Da baoji jing 大寶積經.

The Princeton Dictionary states:

He resided in the monastery of Foshoujisi, where he dedicated himself to the translation of several scriptures, including the Ratnameghasūtra (Baoyun jing), Adhyardhaśatikāprajñāpāramitā (Shixiang bore bolomi jing), and Gayāśīrṣasūtra. Bodhiruci also assisted Śikṣānanda in his translation of the Avataṃsakasūtra. In 706, he resided in the monastery Chongfusi and commenced the translation of the lengthy Ratnakūṭasūtra, which the famed Chinese pilgrim and translator Xuanzang had failed to complete earlier. Bodhiruci’s translation, edited into 120 rolls, was completed in 713.

Sources

• Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University