Buddhabhadra (359-429). A north Indian monk and scholar who joined the monastic order at age 17 and thereafter concentrated on the study of meditation and monastic law (Vinaya). In 408 he relocated to China at the invitation of the clergy there, where he set to work as a translator. At first, he settled in the capital city Ch'ang-an, but because of disagreements with Kumārajīva, another renowned foreign translator, he left with some 40 disciples and went first to Lu-shan, where he worked closely with the scholar-monk Lu-shan Hui-yüan (344-416), and then to the southern capital Chien-k'ang (modern Nanking). Working at first in cooperation with Chinese monks, and later on his own, he produced thirteen works in approximately 125 fascicles. Among the most significant of these are the Nirvāṇa Sūtra and the Mahāsaṃghika-vinaya (both with Fa-hsien), and the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (or Hua-yen ching).

A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 2003, 2004 (which is available in electronic version from answer.com)

佛陀跋陀羅 [py] Fótuóbátuóluó [wg] Fo-t'o-pa-t'o-lo [ko] 불타발타라 Pult'abalt'ara [ja] ブッダバッダララ Buddabaddara ||| Buddhabhadra: (1) Of Kapilavastu, who came to China in 408. He was the translator of the first (60 fascicle) version of the Huayan jing 華嚴經 and the Guanfo sanmei hai jing 觀佛三昧海經. (2) The name of a disciple of Dharmakoṣa, whom Xuanzang 玄奘 met in India, 630-640.

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