ABSTRACT
This chapter explores an anthology of Chinese discourse on translation of Dao Lang who was a monk, along with Dharmaraksa, participated in the translation of Buddhist sutras between the years 412 CE and 427 CE. The Indian monk referred to in this entry, Dharmaraksa, whose Chinese name, was not the same person as, whose name is also Dharmarakna. Dharmaraksa came from central India and was of Brahman lineage. The Brahman caste refers to the clerical caste, one of the four castes in India. They are responsible for the study of the scriptures and the administration of religious rituals connected with Hindu belief. Blessed with natural talent and clear and profound understanding, and at the same time superbly eloquent, he was expert not only in the Buddhist canon but also in non-Buddhist schools and disciplines of knowledge. The present translation, upon counting, only consists of a little over ten thousand gathas.
