论早期汉译佛典的来源地(下)

On the Source Area of Chinese Version of Buddhism Scriptures in the Early Period(II)

汉译佛经的来源是较为复杂的,早期汉译佛典主要是来自中亚、中国西域,包含梵本和胡本。早期佛经的汉译者也主要是来自中亚、中国西域的高僧。南方海上航路的开通,有利于佛典在中国的传播,法显、智猛、僧伽跋陀罗、维祇难等从印度和斯里兰卡带来了一些梵语佛典。

In the early period, the majority of Buddhism scriptures with Chinese version came from Central Asia and Chinese Western Regions, which were written in Sanskrit and Hu languages. Meanwhile the translators of the early Buddhist scriptures were some eminent monks from the above-mentioned places. And the opening of the southern sea route offered opportunity for some Buddhist scriptures in Sanskrit or Pall to be transmitted from India and Sri Lanka into China.