[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) › [傳法正宗記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078) › 2.36 # 傳法正宗記 2.36 傳法正宗記 2.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.36) 提多迦尊者。摩伽陀國人也。其姓未詳。初名香眾。少時會毱多尊者盛化於摩突羅國。因從其出家。以應對詣理。毱多器之。則與落髮受具。始尊者生時。其父嘗夢金日自舍而出。灼然照曜天地。復有寶山與日相對。而山之頂流泉四注。至是毱多尊者乃為解之曰。寶山者。吾身也。流泉者。法無盡也。日從屋出者。汝入道之相也。其照曜天地者。汝智慧之發暉也。因易今之名。梵語提多迦。此曰通真量。蓋取其夢之義也。然如來昔嘗記之。及此皆驗。尊者得其師之說。忻然奉命遂禮之。乃以偈讚曰。 > The Venerable Dhītika was a native of Magadha. His family name is not known. Originally named Gandhahastin, in his youth he encountered the Venerable Upagupta actively teaching and transforming in Mathurā, and followed him to leave the household life. Because his responses were thoroughly attuned to the principle, Upagupta regarded him as a vessel \[of the Dharma\], shaved his head, and administered the full precepts to him. When the Venerable One was first born, his father once dreamed that a golden sun came out from their house, brightly illuminating heaven and earth; there was also a jewelled mountain facing the sun, and from the mountain peak spring waters poured forth in all four directions. By this time, the Venerable Upagupta interpreted it for him, saying, "The jewelled mountain is my body. The flowing springs are the inexhaustible Dharma. The sun emerging from the house is the mark of your entering the Way. Its illuminating heaven and earth is the radiance radiating from your wisdom." Therefore he changed his name to the present one. In Sanskrit it is Dhītika; here it means 'comprehending the true measure', taking the meaning from the dream. Moreover, the Tathāgata had prophesied this in the past, and by this point it was all verified. The Venerable One, having received his master's explanation, joyfully received his command and bowed to him, praising him with a verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.35) - [Next: 2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.37) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078~en-mt.2.36) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.36) · Pramāṇa