Bodhiruci
Bodhiruci was a Buddhist monk from North India active in the area of Luoyang, China. He was appointed as master translator at Yongning temple by emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei. In his translations, Bodhiruci was assisted by the central Indian monk Ratnamati.
Bodhiruci translated various important texts including the Ten [Stages Sutra] and the commentary on this sutra by Vasubandhu . He translated the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra as well as Vasubandhu's commentary titled Discourse on the Pure Land|Stanzas of the vow to be reborn in the Sūtra Infinite Life. He also translated Sūtra of the descent to Laṅka, and a Sūtra of Buddha names.
By the time of his death Bodhiruci had translated between 20 and 30 texts.
Bodhiruci is regarded as the patriarch of the Dashabhumika school, which used his Ten Stages Sutra and Vasubandhu's commentary as its chief object of study.
Bodhiruci's disciple, Daochong, founded of the northern Dilun branch which focused on the practice of reciting the names of the Buddhas. Bodhiruci was also the master of Tanluan, one of the patriarchs of the Pure Land tradition.