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Dharmadeva, a monk from the Nālandāsaṃghārāma who tr. under this name forty-six works, 973-981, and under the name of Dharmabhadra seventy-two works, 982-1001.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
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(?~1001)中印度人。原為摩揭陀國那爛陀寺僧。宋朝開寶六年(973)來中國,初住漉州蒲津,譯出聖無量壽經、七佛讚等,由河中府梵學沙門法進執筆綴文。至太宗太平興國五年(980),由州府官上表進之,帝覽大悅,召入京師,敕賜紫衣,因而敕造譯經院。七年,師與天息災、施護等,蒙帝召,居於譯經院,各譯所攜之梵本。至七月,師譯出大乘聖吉祥持世陀羅尼經,帝賜號「傳教大師」。咸平四年示寂。世壽不詳。賜諡「玄覺大師」。自太平興國七年至咸平三年十一月,師所譯之經共有四十六部七十一卷。另據佛祖統紀卷三十三,則謂法天與同時代之譯經僧法賢為同一人。〔宋高僧傳卷三、大中祥符法寶錄卷三至卷十二〕
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佛光電子大辭典
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