二十八祖

The twenty-eight Buddhist patriarchs as stated by the Mahāyānists. The Tiantai school reckons twenty-three, or twenty-four, with the addition of Śaṇakavāsa, contemporary with his predecessors, but the Chan school reckons twenty-eight:

(1) Mahākāśyapa, 摩訶迦葉 (摩訶迦葉波);

(2) Ānanda, 阿難;

(3) Śāṇakavāsa, 商那和修; 4) Upagupta, 優婆毱多;

(5) Dhṛṭaka, 提多迦;

(6) Mikkaka, or Miccaka, or Micchaka, 彌遮迦;

(7) Vasumitra, 婆須蜜;

(8) Buddhanandi, 佛陀難提;

(9) Buddhamitra, 伏駄蜜多;

(10) Pārśva, or Pārśvika, 波栗溼縛or 脇尊者;

(11) Puṇyayaśas 那尊耶舍;

(12) Aśvaghoṣa, 馬鳴大士;

(13) Kapimala, 迦毘摩羅;

(14) Nāgārjuna, 龍樹;

(15) Kāṇadeva, 迦那提婆;

(16) Rāhulata, 羅睺羅多;

(17) Saṅghanandi, 僧伽難提;

(18) Gayāśata, 伽耶舍多;

(19) Kumārata, 鳩摩羅多;

(20) Jayata, 闍夜多;

(21) Vasubandhu, 婆修盤頭;

(22) Manorhita, 摩撃羅;

(23) Haklena, 鶴輸勒;

(24) Ārasiṁha, 師子尊者;

(25) Basiasita, 婆舍新多;

(26) Puṇyamitra, 不如密多;

(27) Prajñātāra, 般若多羅;

(28) Bodhidharma, 菩提達磨.