[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) › 5.16 # 高僧傳 5.16 高僧傳 5.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.5.16) 安先聞羅什在西國，思共講析，每勸堅取之。什亦遠聞安風，謂是東方聖人，恒遙而禮之。初安生而便左臂有一皮，廣寸許，著臂，捋可得上下之，唯不得出手，又肘外有方肉，上有通文，時人謂之為印手菩薩。安終後十六年，什公方至，什恨不相見，悲恨無極。 > Dao'an had earlier heard that Kumārajīva was in the western lands, and longed to analyze and discuss the scriptures together with him, frequently urging Fu Jian to fetch him. Kumārajīva also heard of Dao'an's reputation from afar, considered him a sage of the East, and constantly bowed to him in reverence from a distance. Earlier, when Dao'an was born, he had on his left arm a piece of skin about an inch wide attached to the arm, which could be slid up and down with the hand, only it could not be taken past his wrist; on the outside of his elbow there was also a square piece of flesh with clear writing on it, so the people of his day called him the "Hand-Sealed Bodhisattva." Sixteen years after Dao'an passed away, Master Kumārajīva finally arrived; Kumārajīva deeply regretted that they could not meet, and his sorrow was boundless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.5.15) - [Next: 5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.5.17) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.5.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.5.16) · Pramāṇa