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達摩笈多

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Basic Meaning: Dharmagupta

Senses:

  • (?–619). A southern Indian Buddhist monk who came to China during the Sui 隋代 dynasty, arriving to Chang'an 常安 around 590. He worked in Luoyang 洛陽 between approx. 590 and 616. He is credited with the translation of: Qishi yin ben jing 起世因本經 T 25; 金剛能斷般若波羅蜜經 Vajracchedikā T 238; 添品妙法蓮華經 Saddharmapuṇḍarīka, T 264 (a collaborative translation with Jñānagupta); 善住意天子會 Susthitamatidevaputraparipṛcchā T 310(36) in the Ratnakūṭa; 大方等大集經菩薩念佛三昧分 *[Mahāvaipulyasaṃnipāta]bodhisattvabuddhânusmṛtisamādhi T 415; 藥師如來本願經 Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja-sūtra/Bhaiṣajyahurupūrvapraṇidhānaviśeṣavistara T 449; Yuansheng chusheng fen fa ben jing 緣生初勝分法本經 T 716; 大乘三聚懺悔經 Karmâvaraṇapratiprasrabdhi-sūtra T 1493 (in collaboration with Jñānagupta); 金剛般若論 *Saptapadârtha T 1510; 攝大乘論釋論 Mahāyānasaṃgrahabhāṣya T 1596; 緣生論 Pratītyasamutpāda śāstra T 1652; and 菩提資糧論 *Bodhisattvasaṃbhāra śāstra T 1660. His name is also written as 達磨笈多.

    Further references:

    Itō, Narihiro . 1998. “Zui matsu no Rakuyō bukkyō to seijō – Zuikō Taishu o megutte 隋末の洛陽仏教と政情 隋皇泰主をめぐって .” Tōkai bukkyō 東海仏教  43 : 34–48.

    Iwata, Taijō . 1983. “Gyūta yaku no Shō daijō ron ni tsuite 笈多訳の『摂大乗論』について .” IBK 31, no. 2 : 316–320.

    ----. 1980. “Shō daijō ron seshin shaku ni okeru Shintai yaku to Gyūta yaku no kanren ni tsuite 『摂大乗論世親訳』における真諦訳と笈多訳の関連について .” Ōsaki gakuhō 133 : 78–92.

    Nomura, Yōshō . 1982. “Kōkai kōen: Hokke kyō no ryūden ni tsuite 公開講演『法華経』の流伝について .” Komazawa daigaku bukkyōgakubu ronshū 駒沢大学仏教学部論集  13 : 1–17.

    Wang Yarong 王亚荣. “Daxing cheng fojing fanyi shi yao 大兴城佛经翻译是史要 .” Zhongguo Fojiao 中国佛学 2 no. 1 (1999). Reprinted in Wang, Chang'an Fojiao shi lun. 长安佛教史论, 115-144. Beijing: Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe, 2005. pp. 129-132.

    〔翻譯名義集 T 2131.54.1071a21〕 [Michael Radich, Charles Muller]
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    Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata) 243

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 715

    Fo Guang Dictionary 5670

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1161

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 430

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3542a,3215c

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2013-07-10