[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) › [古今譯經圖紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2151) › 2.14 # 古今譯經圖紀 2.14 古今譯經圖紀 2.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2151.2.14) 沙門白尸梨蜜多羅。此云吉友。西域人國王之太子。以國讓弟遂為沙門。天姿高朗風神俊邁。儀貌卓然出於物表。以晉元帝世來遊建康止建初寺。丞相王導見而奇之。導嘗詣蜜多羅吉友解帶偃臥。及尚書令卞望之至。吉友乃斂容端坐。有問其故。蜜多羅曰。王公風道期人。卞令軌度格物。故其然耳。內外博通應對辯捷凡是。晉朝令僕王公莫不雅重。皆所歎伏。善呪術能梵唄。世號高座法師。譯灌頂經等三部合一十一卷。謂灌頂經（九卷）。大孔雀王神呪經（一卷）。孔雀王雜神呪經（一卷）。 > The śramaṇa Śrīmitra, translated here as Jiyou ("Auspicious Friend"), was a man from the Western Regions and the crown prince of a kingdom. Having yielded the realm to his younger brother, he subsequently became a śramaṇa. His natural endowment was lofty and luminous, and his demeanor was refined and outstanding; in deportment and appearance, he was extraordinary and stood far above ordinary worldly beings. In the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Jin, he came to visit Jiankang and stayed at Jianchu Monastery. Chancellor Wang Dao saw him and marvelled at him. Wang Dao once called upon Śrīmitra, and Jiyou loosened his belt and reclined at ease. But when Director of the Imperial Secretariat Bian Wangzhi arrived, Jiyou adjusted his expression and sat up straight. When someone asked the reason for this, Śrīmitra said: "Lord Wang meets people with expansive spirit and natural ease; Director Bian measures things with rule and restraint. It is simply because of this." He was broadly conversant in both internal and external learning, and in conversation was fluent and quick-witted. Among the directors, vice directors, princes, and dukes of the Jin dynasty, all without exception deeply esteemed him, and everyone admired him with sighs of praise. He was skilled in dhāraṇī arts and proficient in Sanskrit chanting. His contemporaries called him Master of the High Seat. He translated the Guanding jing and other texts, making three works in eleven fascicles altogether. Namely: the Guanding jing (nine fascicles); the Da kongque wang shenzhou jing (one fascicle); \[and\] the Kongque wang za shenzhou jing (one fascicle). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2151.2.13) - [Next: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2151.2.15) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2151.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2151~en-mt.2.14) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [翻譯名義集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.1.202) — 法雲, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2151.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2151.2.14) · Pramāṇa