[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) › 2.23 # 高僧傳 2.23 高僧傳 2.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.23) 弗若多羅，此云功德華，罽賓人也。少出家，以戒節見稱，備通三藏，而專精《十誦律》部，為外國師宗，時人咸謂己階聖果。以偽秦弘始中，振錫入關。秦主姚興待以上賓之禮。羅什亦挹其戒範，厚相宗敬。先是，經法雖傳，律藏未闡，聞多羅既善斯部，咸共思慕。以偽秦弘始六年十月十七日集義學僧數百餘人，於長安中寺，延請多羅誦出《十誦》梵本，羅什譯為晉文。三分獲二，多羅搆疾，菴然棄世。眾以大業未就，而匠人殂往，悲恨之深，有踰常痛。 > Puṇyatāra, translated here as 'Flower of Merit' (Gongdehua), was a man of Kashmir (Jibin). He left home in his youth and was renowned for his discipline and restraint. He was fully conversant with the Tripiṭaka, but specialized in the Daśabhāṇavāra-vinaya section, becoming an authoritative master in foreign countries; people of the time all believed he had already attained the holy fruit. During the Hongshi era of the illegitimate Qin, he entered the passes bearing his tin staff. The ruler of Qin, Yao Xing, treated him with the etiquette due to an honored guest. Kumārajīva also admired his vinaya standards and paid him deep veneration. Prior to this, although the scriptures and teachings had been transmitted, the Vinayapiṭaka had not yet been expounded; hearing that Puṇyatāra was skilled in this division, all longed for it. On the seventeenth day of the tenth month in the sixth year of the Hongshi era of the illegitimate Qin, several hundred monks devoted to doctrinal study were gathered at the Central Temple in Chang'an, and invited Puṇyatāra to recite the Sanskrit text of the Daśabhāṇavāra; Kumārajīva translated it into Chinese. When two-thirds were obtained, Puṇyatāra fell ill and abruptly departed this world. Because the great enterprise had not been completed and the master had passed away, the depth of the assembly's grief and regret exceeded ordinary sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.22) - [Next: 2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.24) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.2.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.23) · Pramāṇa