宋高僧傳 3.15

3.15

釋牟尼室利，華言寂默。其為人也，神宇高爽，量度真率。德宗貞元九年，發那爛陀寺，擁錫東來。自言從北印度往此寺出家，受戒、學法焉。十六年，至長安興善寺。十九年，徙崇福、醴泉寺。復於慈恩寺請行翻譯事，乃將奘師梵本，出《守護國界主陀羅尼經》十卷，又進「六塵獸圖」。帝悅，檀施極多。元和元年六月十九日，卒于慈恩寺。初默說中天竺摩伽陀國那爛陀寺周圍四十八里，九寺一門，是九天王所造。默在寺日，住者萬餘，以大法師處量綱任，西域伽藍無如其高廣矣。案《守護國界主經》是般若譯，牟尼證梵本。翰林待詔光宅寺智真譯語，圓照筆受，鑒虛潤文，澄觀證義焉。

Śramaṇa Muniśrī was called Jimo in Chinese. In character, his spiritual bearing was lofty and clear, and his disposition candid and frank. In the ninth year of the Zhenyuan era of Emperor Dezong, he set out from Nālandā Temple, holding his monk's staff and journeying eastward. He said of himself that he had gone from Northern India to this temple to leave home, receive ordination, and study the Dharma. In the sixteenth year, he arrived at Xingshan Temple in Chang'an. In the nineteenth year, he moved to Chongfu and Liquan Temples. He then requested to carry out translation work at Ci'en Temple, whereupon, using Master Xuanzang's Sanskrit manuscript, he produced the Shouhu guojiezhu tuoluoni jing (Dhāraṇī Sūtra on Protecting the Sovereign of the State Realm) in ten scrolls, and also presented the "Chart of the Six Dusts and Beasts". The emperor was pleased and gave him abundant offerings. On the nineteenth day of the sixth month of the first year of Yuanhe, he passed away at Ci'en Temple. Earlier, Jimo recounted that Nālandā Temple in Magadha, Central India, was forty-eight li in circumference, with nine temples and a single gate, built by nine heavenly kings. In the days when Jimo was at the temple, there were over ten thousand residents; with great Dharma masters handling management and administrative duties, no monastery in the Western Regions was so lofty and vast. Note that the Shouhu guojiezhu jing was translated by Prajñā, while Muni[śrī] certified the Sanskrit text. Zhizhen of Guangzhai Temple, an Attendant at the Hanlin Academy, translated the language; Yuanchao took it down with the brush; Jianxu polished the phrasing; and Chengguan certified the meaning.