歷代三寶紀 8.76

8.76

右一部合五十八卷。晉安帝世。罽賓三藏律師弗若多羅。秦言功德華。以戒節見稱。歷遊行化。羅既至止。姚興即召。常安名德六百餘僧。延請多羅憩於中寺。誦出十誦律梵本。鳩摩羅什度為秦文。三分獲二未竟。而多羅奄然終卒。眾咸痛惜。什後又共曇摩流支。秦言法希。續譯都訖。

The above one work, totaling fifty-eight fascicles. During the reign of Emperor An of Jin, the Tripiṭaka Vinaya Master Puṇyatāra of Jibin (translated into Qin as 'Gongdehua') was praised for his observance of the monastic rules and had traveled widely converting people. When Puṇyatāra arrived, Yao Xing summoned more than six hundred monks of notable virtue from Chang'an, inviting Puṇyatāra to reside at Zhong Temple. He recited from memory the Sanskrit text of the Daśabhāṇavāra Vinaya, and Kumārajīva translated it into Qin text. When two-thirds were completed, Puṇyatāra suddenly passed away, and the assembly deeply grieved. Kumārajīva later worked with Dharmaruci (translated into Qin as 'Faxi') to translate the remainder to completion.