Dānapāla

Dānapāla
दानपाल
Personal life
Bornunknown
Died1017 CE 12th month 26th day (month and date are in the Chinese lunar calendar)
China
Flourished960-1017 CE
OccupationBuddhist monk, scholar, and translator
RelativesDevaśāntika (older brother)
Religious life
ReligionBuddhism
SchoolVajrayana
Senior posting
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese施護
Simplified Chinese施护
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShī hù
Wade–GilesShih1 hu4
Vietnamese name
VietnameseThí hộ
Korean name
Hangul시호
Hanja施護
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationSiho
Japanese name
Kanji施護
Hiraganaせご
Transcriptions
RomanizationSego

Dānapāla or Shihu (died 1017) was an Indian Buddhist monk and prolific translator of Sanskrit Buddhist sutras during the Song dynasty in China.