Dharmagupta (translator)
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Dharmagupta (C. Dámójíduō 達摩笈多) (?–619). A monk from southern India who traveled to China and translated many texts from Indian languages into Chinese. He went to China during the Sui dynasty, arriving at Chang'an around 590. He worked in Luoyang between approx. 590 and 616.[1]
He is credited with translating the following texts:[1]
- Qishi yin ben jing 起世因本經 T 25;
- 金剛能斷般若波羅蜜經 Vajracchedikā T 238;
- 添品妙法蓮華經 Saddharmapuṇḍarīka, T 264 (a collaborative translation with Jñānagupta);
- 善住意天子會 Susthitamatidevaputraparipṛcchā T 310(36) in the Ratnakūṭa;
- 大方等大集經菩薩念佛三昧分 *[Mahāvaipulyasaṃnipāta]bodhisattvabuddhānusmṛtisamādhi T 415;
- 藥師如來本願經 Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja-sūtra/Bhaiṣajyahurupūrvapraṇidhānaviśeṣavistara T 449;
- Yuansheng chusheng fen fa ben jing 緣生初勝分法本經 T 716;
- 大乘三聚懺悔經 Karmāvaraṇapratiprasrabdhi-sūtra T 1493 (in collaboration with Jñānagupta);
- 金剛般若論 *Saptapadārtha T 1510;
- 攝大乘論釋論 Mahāyānasaṃgrahabhāṣya T 1596;
- 緣生論 Pratītyasamutpāda śāstra T 1652; and
- 菩提資糧論 *Bodhisattvasaṃbhāra śāstra T 1660.
His name is also written as 達磨笈多.[1]
For the early Buddhist school, see Dharmaguptaka.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
達摩笈多, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
