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Kum
r
ja
(Tibetan ascetic):
rja(Tibetan ascetic):
Kum
raj
va
rajva(c.344–413 CE).
One of the greatest of Buddhist translators. Kum
raj
va, who had grown up under the influence of the
H
nay
na
, became acquainted with the Mah
y
na teachings and was converted to them. Captured by Chinese in 383, he studied Chinese until he was liberated and welcomed to Changan in 401, where he spent the rest of his life teaching and translating. He rendered many of the most important Mah
y
na s
tras and treatises into elegant and accurate Chinese.
One of the greatest of Buddhist translators. Kum
rajva, who had grown up under the influence of theH
nayna, became acquainted with the Mah
yna teachings and was converted to them. Captured by Chinese in 383, he studied Chinese until he was liberated and welcomed to Changan in 401, where he spent the rest of his life teaching and translating. He rendered many of the most important Mahyna stras and treatises into elegant and accurate Chinese.Other books
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