歷代三寶紀 10.29

10.29

右三部合三十六卷。廢帝滎陽王世。罽賓三藏毘尼師佛陀什。宋言覺壽。少受業於彌沙塞部。專精律品兼達禪要。壽以景平元年七月到於楊都。先是法顯於師子國得彌沙塞律梵本來。未及翻譯。而顯遷化。京邑諸僧聞佛陀什既善此學。於是眾議請令出之。即以其年冬十一月集龍光寺。譯為三十四卷。什執梵文。于填沙門智勝傳語。龍光寺沙門竺道生。東安寺沙門慧嚴等。更互筆受。參正文理。儀同侍中瑯瑘王練為檀越。至二年十二月方訖。仍於大部抄出戒心并羯磨等文。並行於世。

The above three works, totaling thirty-six fascicles. During the reign of the Deposed Emperor, the Prince of Xingyang. The Tripiṭaka Vinaya Master Buddhajīva of Jibin (translated in Song as Awakened Longevity) had studied the Mahīśāsaka tradition from his youth, being dedicated and expert in the sections of the Vinaya while also mastering the essentials of dhyāna. Jīva arrived in Yangdu in the seventh month of the first year of the Jingping reign. Prior to this, Faxian had brought back a Sanskrit manuscript of the Mahīśāsaka-vinaya from the Lion Country (Śrī Laṅkā), but passed away before he had time to translate it. When the various monks of the capital heard that Buddhajīva was skilled in this study, the assembly conferred and requested him to translate it. Thereupon, in the eleventh month, winter of that year, they gathered at Longguang Temple and translated it into thirty-four fascicles. Buddhajīva held the Sanskrit text, while the śramaṇa Zhisheng of Khotan interpreted the words. The śramaṇa Zhu Daosheng of Longguang Temple, the śramaṇa Huiyan of Dong'an Temple, and others took turns acting as scribes, checking and rectifying the text and meaning. Wang Lian of Langya, Opening with Equivalence and Palace Attendant, acted as the dānapati. It was completed only in the twelfth month of the second year. They then extracted the prātimokṣa and karmavācanā texts from the main body, both of which circulate in the world.