大乘百法明門論開宗義決 1.10

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龍猛菩薩等者。即舊所云龍樹菩薩。正云那伽遏羅樹那。那伽是龍。遏羅樹那是威猛義。古翻錯誤譯云龍樹。而此菩薩有龍威猛。一切道俗無敢仰視。人若瞻覩妄言失敘。時表其跡號龍猛焉。造中觀等數十部論盛德高蹤。具如別傳。

Regarding "Nāgārjuna Bodhisattva, etc.": That is what was formerly called Longshu Pusa (Nāgārjuna Bodhisattva). Correctly it is called Nāgārjuna. Nāga means dragon. Arjuna means majestic and fierce. The old translation mistakenly rendered it as Longshu ("Dragon Tree"). Now, this bodhisattva had the majestic fierceness of a dragon; none among monastics or laity dared look up at him. If a person looked upon him, their speech became confused and they lost their composure. Expressing his traces at the time, he was named Nāgārjuna ("Dragon Fierce"). He composed several tens of treatises, such as the Madhyamaka-śāstra; his abundant virtues and noble traces are fully detailed in his separate biography.