古今譯經圖紀 3.8

3.8

沙門曇摩難提。此言法喜。兜佉勒國人。齠年離俗。聰慧夙成。研諷經典以專精致業。遍觀三藏暗誦阿含。博識洽聞靡所不綜。外國遠近咸共推伏。少而觀方遍涉諸國。常以弘化為務。以符秦建元年中達于長安。堅先聞提譽深見禮接。以建元二十年歲次戊子。堅遣道安集義學僧。請難提譯中阿含經（五十九卷）。增壹阿含經（五十一卷）阿育王太子法益壞目因緣經（一卷）。僧伽羅剎集經（三卷）。三法度經（二卷）。總五部合一百一十四卷。沙門竺佛念度語慧嵩筆受。

The śramaṇa Dharmanandin (which means “Dharma Joy”) was a native of Tokhara. Leaving the mundane world in his childhood, his intelligence matured early. He chanted and investigated the scriptures, dedicating himself single-mindedly to his study. He comprehensively inspected the Tripiṭaka and recited the Āgamas from memory; his vast knowledge and wide learning embraced everything, and both near and far in foreign lands revered and submitted to him. From his youth he observed foreign lands, traveling everywhere through many countries, constantly making the propagation of the teachings his task. In the middle of the Jianyuan reign of Fu Qin, he reached Chang'an. Fu Jian, having heard of Nandin's reputation beforehand, received him with deep courtesy. In the twentieth year of the Jianyuan reign, the year wuzi, Fu Jian sent Dao'an to assemble scholar-monks to request Nandin to translate: the *Madhyamāgama* (fifty-nine fascicles); the *Ekottarikāgama* (fifty-one fascicles); the *Sūtra on the Causes and Conditions of King Aśoka's Son, Fayid, Having His Eyes Gouged Out* (one fascicle); the *Sūtra Compiled by Saṅgharakṣa* (three fascicles); and the *Tridharmaka Śāstra* (two fascicles); in total five works in one hundred and fourteen fascicles. The śramaṇa Zhu Fonian interpreted the language, and Huisong served as scribe.