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52.   Other Translators after Tang Dynasty


52.   Other Translators after Tang Dynasty

52.1   Danapala [施護]

    • ~1017 A.D.
    • from Udyana [于闐國]
    • translated 110 scriptures in 236 fascicles
    • granted the title of "The Master of Revealing Teaching" [顯教大師]

52.2   Dharmadeva / Dharmavisva [法天/法賢]

    • ~1001 A.D.
    • from Nalandasamgharama in Central India to China
    • translated 46 scriptures during 973-981 under the name of Dharmadeva
    • later, he changed his name to Dharmavisva, and continued to translate 72 scriptures during 982-1001 A.D. such as
      • Vajrasuci [金剛針論] 1 fascicle
      • granted the title of "the Master in Preaching Teaching" [傳教大師]

         

52.3   Devasanti [天息災]

    • ~1000 A.D.
    • translated 19 scriptures in 59 fascicles such as
      • Bodhicaryavatara [菩提行經] 4 fascicles
    • granted the title of "the Master of Understanding Teaching," [明教大師]

52.4   Dharmapaka [法護]

    • from Central India to China
    • translated mainly Tantric Buddhist scriptures
    • translated 14 scriptures in 170 fascicles, such as
      • Siksasamuccaya [大乘集菩薩學論] 25 fascicles
    • granted the title of "the Master in Preaching Brahma" [傳梵大師]