Mid- to late-Táng Indian-pilgrim translator-monk, Bodhiruci II (distinct from the earlier sixth-century Bodhiruci I who translated the Vajracchedikā vyākhyā T1511). Sanskrit name Bodhiruci (Pútíliúzhì 菩提流志, also written 菩提留志); originally Dharmaruci 達摩流支 (i.e., Fǎxī 法希 / 法希 = “love of Dharma”); changed to Bodhiruci (Pútí 覺 = bodhi) at imperial command. Native of South India.
Lifedates per Táng records: born 572, died 開元 15 / 11 / 3 = 727-12-24 at the extraordinary age of 156 (per the official biography in Kāi-yuán shì-jiào lù; modern scholarship treats the 156-year figure as hagiographic exaggeration — likely his actual lifespan was significant but unverifiable). Court titles included Hóng-lú dà-qīng 鴻臚大卿 and Kāi-yuán yī-qiè biàn-zhī sān-zàng 開元一切遍知三藏 (“Kāi-yuán’s Omniscient Tripiṭaka-Master”), reflecting his status as the leading Indian-pilgrim translator of the Wǔ-Zhōu / Kāi-yuán court. Major translations include the Mahāratnakūṭa (T no. 310, “Great Heap of Jewels” — overseeing the imperial assemblage of forty-nine sūtras), the Sui-zhuǎn dà jīng Adhyardhaśatikā Prajñāpāramitā recension KR6c0117 Shí-xiāng bān-ruò bō-luó-mì jīng (T8 no. 240), and many others.