續古今譯經圖紀 1.4

1.4

沙門釋智通。律行精苦兼明經論。於總持門特所留意。通以隋大業年中出家。住京大總持寺。有遊方之志。遂於洛京翻經舘。學梵書語早通精奧。唐貞觀中有北天竺僧齎千臂千眼經梵本奉進。文帝勅通共梵僧對譯。名千眼千臂觀世音菩薩陀羅尼神呪經。一部（二卷）。後於天皇永徽四年癸丑。於總持寺又譯。千轉陀羅尼觀世音菩薩呪經（一卷）。觀自在菩薩隨心呪經（一卷）。清淨觀世音普賢陀羅尼經（一卷）。凡四部合五卷。

The śramaṇa Shi Zhitong: His vinaya practice was refined and rigorous, and he was also well-versed in sūtras and treatises. He paid particular attention to the dhāraṇī gate. Tong left household life during the Daye era of the Sui, residing at Da Zongchi Monastery in the capital. Having the aspiration to travel abroad, he subsequently studied Sanskrit script and language at the Translation Institute in the eastern capital of Luoyang, early on penetrating their subtleties. In the Zhenguan era of the Tang, a monk from North India came bearing a Sanskrit text of the Thousand Arms and Thousand Eyes Sūtra and presented it to the throne. Emperor Taizong decreed that Tong, together with the Indian monk, should translate it together. It was titled the Qianyan qianbi Guanshiyin pusa tuoluoni shenzhou jing (two fascicles, forming one work). Later, in the fourth year (kuichou) of Yonghui [653] under Heavenly Emperor [Gaozong], he also translated at Zongchi Monastery: the Qianzhuai tuoluoni Guanshiyin pusa zhou jing (one fascicle); the Guanzizai pusa suixin zhou jing (one fascicle); and the Qingjing Guanshiyin Puxian tuoluoni jing (one fascicle). In total there were four works comprising five fascicles.