Fǎhù 法護 (Skt. Dharmapāla; honorific titles 傳梵大師 Chuán-fàn Dàshī and 普明慈覺傳梵大師; DILA Authority A014355; c. 963–1058/1059 CE), Northern Song dynasty monk-translator from Central India (中天竺). He was born at the Vikramaśīla monastery in Magadha to a Brahmin family of the Kauśika clan. Distinct from the Western Jin translator 竺法護 (Dharmarakṣa) of a similar name.
Fǎhù arrived at the Song capital Biànjīng 汴京 in Jǐngdé 景德 1 (1004 CE) together with his dharma-elder 覺吉祥智 (Jñānaśrī), presenting Buddhist relics and palm-leaf Sanskrit manuscripts. He received purple robes and was lodged at the Chuánfǎyuàn 傳法院 (Translation Academy). The title 傳梵大師 was conferred in Jǐngdé 4 (1007). During the Tiānxǐ era (1017–1021) he was ordered to collaborate with 惟淨 on translations. He received the fuller honor title 普明慈覺傳梵大師 in Zhìhé 至和 1 (1054). He died in Jiāyòu 嘉祐 3 (1058/1059) at age 96 and was posthumously styled 演法. Note: the existing note previously cited DILA A002009, which is in fact Zhang Qian 張騫 (the Han diplomat); the correct DILA id is A014355.
Works in the Kanripo corpus include: KR6l0003 Shīshè lùn 施設論 (T1538); KR6c0016 Shèng fómǔ bōrě bōluómìduō jiǔsòng jīngyì lùn (T1516); and several others.