[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) › [宋高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061) › 2.23 # 宋高僧傳 2.23 宋高僧傳 2.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2.23) 釋智慧者，梵名般剌若也，姓憍答摩氏，北天竺迦畢試國人。穎悟天資。七歲發心，違侍二親，歸依三寶。時從大德調伏軍教誦《四阿含》，滿十萬頌，《阿毘達磨》三萬頌。及年應法，隨師往別國，納具足戒。誦《薩婆多》近四萬頌，《俱舍》二萬八千頌，又誦《大婆沙》，兼通其義。七年於彼專習小乘。後詣中天竺那爛陀寺，稟學大乘《唯識》、《瑜伽》、《中邊》等論、《金剛般若經》、「因明」、「聲明」、「醫明」、工律論等，並依承智護、進友、智友三大論師。復遊雙林，經八塔。往來瞻禮十有八年。聞南天竺頗尚持明，遂往諮稟。彼有灌頂師名達摩耶舍見慧勤重可教，授瑜伽法、入曼荼羅、三密、護身、五部、印契經，于一年誦徹三千五百餘頌。 > The śramaṇa Zhihui, whose Sanskrit name was Prajñā, belonged to the Gautama clan and was a person of the kingdom of Kapiśa in Northern India. He possessed natural brilliance. At the age of seven he conceived the aspiration for awakening, left the service of his parents, and took refuge in the Three Jewels. At that time, following the Venerable Vinītasena, he was taught to recite the Four Āgamas, completing one hundred thousand verses, and thirty thousand verses of Abhidharma. When he reached the age prescribed by the Dharma, he followed his teacher to another country and received the full ordination. He recited nearly forty thousand verses of Sarvāstivāda texts and twenty-eight thousand verses of the Kośa, and also recited the Mahāvibhāṣā, penetrating its meaning as well. For seven years there, he specialized in studying the Hīnayāna. Later, he went to Nālandā Temple in Central India, where he received instruction and studied the Mahāyāna treatises Vijñaptimātratā, Yogācāra, and Madhyāntavibhāga, the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, and logic (hetuvidyā), grammar (śabdavidyā), medicine (cikitsāvidyā), and the arts, vinaya, and treatises, all under the reliance of the three great treatise masters Jñānamitra, Jinamitra, and Jñānamitra. He further traveled to the Twin Trees and passed by the Eight Stūpas, traveling back and forth in pilgrimage for eighteen years. Hearing that Southern India held dhāraṇī-holders in high esteem, he proceeded there to consult and receive instruction. A master of abhiseka named Dharmayaśas there, seeing that Prajñā was diligent and serious and could be taught, conferred upon him the yoga methods, entry into the maṇḍala, the three mysteries, body protection, the five divisions, and the texts of the seals; within one year, he thoroughly recited over 3,500 verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2.22) - [Next: 2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2.24) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.2.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2.23) · Pramāṇa