翻譯名義集 1.201

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【竺曇摩羅察】此云法護，月氏國人。甚有識量，天性純懿，操行精苦，篤志好學，萬里尋師。屆茲未久，博覽六經，游心七籍。解三十六種書，詰訓音義無不備識。日誦萬言，過目咸記。先居燉煌，後處青門。《大周目錄》云：「太康七年，譯《正法華》。」

【Dharmarakṣa】Rendered here as ‘Fahu’ (Protector of Dharma). A native of the Yuezhi kingdom. He possessed great discernment and capacity, being pure and fine by natural disposition. His conduct was rigorous and austere, and his will dedicated to loving study, traveling ten thousand li in search of masters. Not long after arriving here, he broadly surveyed the Six Classics and immersed his mind in the Seven Books. He understood thirty-six kinds of scripts, completely mastering their phonetics and meanings. Daily reciting ten thousand words, he memorized everything that passed before his eyes. He first lived in Dunhuang and later resided at the Qingmen gate [of Chang'an]. The Great Zhou Catalogue states: ‘In the seventh year of Taikang, he translated the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra.’