[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059) › 1.48 # 高僧傳 1.48 高僧傳 1.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.1.48) 先是，大乘之典未廣，禪數之學甚盛，既至長安，咸稱法匠焉。符堅祕書郎趙正，崇仰大法，嘗聞外國宗習《阿毘曇毘婆沙》，而跋澄諷誦，乃四事禮供，請譯梵文，遂共名德法師釋道安等，集僧宣譯。跋澄口誦經本，外國沙門曇摩難提筆受為梵文，佛圖羅剎宣譯，秦沙門敏智筆受為晉本，以偽秦建元十九年譯出，自孟夏至仲秋方訖。初，跋澄又齎《婆須蜜》梵本自隨，明年，趙正復請出之，跋澄乃與曇摩難提及僧伽提婆三人共執梵本，秦沙門佛念宣譯，慧嵩筆受，安公、法和對共校定，故二經流布，傳學迄今。跋澄戒德整峻，虛靖離俗，關中僧眾則而象之，後不知所終。 > Prior to this, Mahāyāna scriptures had not yet spread widely, and the study of dhyāna and numerical categories was very flourishing; once he arrived in Chang'an, all praised him as a master of the Dharma. Fu Jian's Palace Secretariat Reader Zhao Zheng revered the Great Dharma. Having previously heard that in foreign countries the \*Abhidharma-vibhāṣā\* was upheld and studied, and that Saṃghabhadra recited it by heart, Zhao Zheng made offerings to him with the four requisites and requested the translation of the Sanskrit text. Thereupon, together with master of the Dharma Shi Dao'an and other monks of eminent virtue, he gathered the saṃgha to proclaim the translation. Saṃghabhadra recited the root text from memory, the foreign śramaṇa Dharmanandin took it down in Sanskrit, Fotuluocha (Buddharakṣa) proclaimed the translation, and the Qin śramaṇa Minzhi recorded it in Chinese. It was translated in the nineteenth year of the Jianyuan era of the illegitimate Qin, beginning in early summer and concluding only in mid-autumn. Earlier, Saṃghabhadra had also carried with him the Sanskrit text of the \*Vasumitra\*; the following year, Zhao Zheng again requested its translation. Saṃghabhadra, Dharmanandin, and Saṃghadeva then jointly held the Sanskrit text, the Qin śramaṇa Zhu Fonian proclaimed the translation, Huisong took it down, and the venerable Dao'an and Fahe checked and settled it together. Thus the two texts were circulated, and their transmission and study have continued down to the present day. Saṃghabhadra's moral conduct was strict and austere, and he was detached, quiet, and remote from the worldly; the monastic community of Guanzhong modeled themselves upon him. Later it is not known where he ended his life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.1.47) - [Next: 1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.1.49) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.1.48) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [出三藏記集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2145.13.22) — 僧祐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.1.48) · Pramāṇa