宋高僧傳 3.28

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釋般若，罽賓國人也。貌質魁梧，執戒嚴整，在京師，充義學沙門。憲宗敦崇佛門，深思翻譯，奈何有事于蜀部，劉闢阻命，王承宗未平，朝廷多故。至元和五年庚寅，詔工部侍郎歸登、孟簡、劉伯芻、蕭俛等。就醴泉寺譯出經八卷，號《本生心地觀》，此之梵夾乃高宗朝師子國所進者，寫畢進上。帝覽有勅，「朕願為序」。尋頒下其文，冠于經首，三藏賜帛，證義諸沙門錫賚有差。先於貞元中譯《華嚴經》後分四十卷。此蓋烏荼國王所進者，于時而賜紫衣。後大中中，法寶大師玄暢奏請入藏焉。

Shi Prajñā was a native of the country of Jibin. He had a stalwart physique and maintained the precepts with rigor and rectitude. While staying in the capital, he served as a śramaṇa dedicated to the study of doctrine. Emperor Xianzong held the Buddhist teachings in deep reverence and gave serious thought to the translation of scriptures. However, there were military operations in the region of Shu, with Liu Pi defying imperial commands, and Wang Chengzong had not yet been subdued, so the court faced manifold difficulties. By the fifth year of the Yuanhe reign period, a gengyin year (810), an imperial edict was issued to Gui Deng, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works, Meng Jian, Liu Bochu, Xiao Mian, and others to translate an eight-fascicle scripture at Liquan Temple titled Scripture on the Mental Ground of Former Lives (Bensheng xindi guan jing). These Sanskrit birch-bark leaves were those presented during the reign of Emperor Gaozong by the country of Siṃhala. When the copying was completed, it was presented to the throne. The Emperor examined it and issued an edict stating, "We wish to compose a preface for it." Soon afterward, the text was promulgated and placed at the head of the scripture. The Tripiṭaka master was bestowed bolts of silk, and the various śramaṇas who verified the doctrinal meaning were rewarded with graded gifts. Prior to this, during the Zhenyuan reign period, he translated the later portion of the Avataṃsaka-sūtra in forty fascicles, which had been presented by the king of the country of Oḍra; at that time, he was bestowed a purple robe. Later, during the Dazhong reign period, Grand Master Fabao, Xuanchang, submitted a memorial requesting its inclusion in the Tripiṭaka.