[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) › 3.13 # 宋高僧傳 3.13 宋高僧傳 3.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.3.13) 釋懷迪，循州人也。先入法于南樓寺，其山半在海涯，半連陸岸，乃仙聖遊居之靈府也。迪久探經論，多所該通，《七略》、九流，粗加尋究。以海隅之地，津濟之前，數有梵僧寓止于此，迪學其書語，自茲通利。菩提流志初譯《寶積》，召迪至京證義，事畢南歸。後於廣府遇一梵僧，齎多羅葉經一夾，請共飜傳，勒成十卷，名《大佛頂萬行首楞嚴經》是也。迪筆受經旨，緝綴文理，後因南使附經入京，即開元中也。又乾元元年有罽賓三藏般若力、中天竺婆羅門三藏善部末摩、箇失密三藏舍那並慕化入朝，詔以力為太常少卿，末摩為鴻臚少卿，並員外置，放還本土。或云：「各齎經至，屬燕、趙阻兵，不遑宣譯，故以官品榮之。」 > Śramaṇa Huaidi was a native of Xunzhou. He first entered the Dharma at Nanlou Temple. That mountain lies half upon the seashore and half joined to the mainland coast; it is a spiritual abode where immortals and sages wander and dwell. Huaidi had long explored the scriptures and treatises and was well versed in many of them, and he had also roughly investigated the Seven Summaries and the Nine Schools of thought. Because this maritime corner was before a ferry crossing, Sanskrit monks frequently lodged here, and Huaidi learned their script and spoken language, from which time he became thoroughly fluent in them. When Bodhiruci first translated the Ratnakūṭa, he summoned Huaidi to the capital to certify the meaning; after the work was completed, Huaidi returned south. Later, in Guangzhou, he met a Sanskrit monk bearing one bundle of palm-leaf scriptures, who invited him to translate it together. They divided it into ten scrolls, titled the Da foding wanxing shoulengyan jing (Śūraṅgama Sūtra). Huaidi took down the meaning of the scripture with his brush and wove together its literary style. Later, by means of an envoy from the south, he sent the scripture to the capital, which took place during the Kaiyuan era. Furthermore, in the first year of Qianyuan, Prajñābala, a Tripiṭaka master of Kapiśa; \*Śubhaprabha, a Brahmin Tripiṭaka master of Central India; and Rocana, a Tripiṭaka master of Kaśmīra, all admired the civilising transformation of China and entered the court. By imperial decree, \[Prajñā\]bala was made Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, and \*Śubhaprabha was made Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial, both appointed supernumerary, and they were permitted to return to their home countries. Some say: "Each brought scriptures, but as Yan and Zhao were blocked by military conflicts, they had no leisure to proclaim and translate them; hence they were honoured with official ranks." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.3.12) - [Next: 3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.3.14) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.3.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.3.13) · Pramāṇa