[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) › [傳法正宗定祖圖](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079) › 1.31 # 傳法正宗定祖圖 1.31 傳法正宗定祖圖 1.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.31) 第十四祖龍樹。西天竺國人。未詳其姓氏。大聰叡。世學無所不通。其國有山名龍勝。其山先有神龍。所居有巨樹能蔭眾龍。及龍樹有所感悟。意欲出家。遂入其山依樹修行。已能為群龍宣說佛法。迦毘摩羅知其名。乃來就見。龍樹遂禮之為師納戒。遊化至南天竺。得迦那提婆。垂滅度以其法付之。說偈曰。 > The Fourteenth Patriarch, Nāgārjuna, was a man of Western India; his clan and surname are not known. He was of great intelligence and wisdom, thoroughly versed in all worldly learning. In his country, there was a mountain named Longsheng (Dragon Victory). In that mountain, there had originally been a divine dragon; where it resided, there was an enormous tree capable of shading the multitude of dragons. When Nāgārjuna had an awakening and wished to leave home, he entered that mountain and cultivated the Way relying on the tree, and was already able to proclaim the Buddha's Dharma for the assembly of dragons. Kapimala, learning of his renown, came to meet him. Nāgārjuna thereupon paid homage to him as his master and received the precepts. Traveling and transforming, he reached Southern India, where he obtained Kāṇadeva. When about to pass into extinction, he transmitted his Dharma to him, speaking a verse, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.30) - [Next: 1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.32) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079~en-mt.1.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.31) · Pramāṇa