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Kumārajīva (Sanskrit: कुमारजीव; traditional Chinese: 鳩摩羅什; simplified Chinese: 鸠摩罗什; pinyin: Jiūmóluóshí; Wade–Giles: Chiu 1 mo 2 lo 2 shih 2, 344–413 CE) was a Buddhist monk, scholar, missionary and translator from Kucha (present-day Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, China).
Kumārajīva (traditional Chinese: 鳩摩羅什; simplified Chinese: 鸠摩罗什; pinyin: Jiūmóluóshí; Wade–Giles: Chiu 1 mo 2 lo 2 shih 2, 344–413 CE) was a Buddhist monk, scholar, missionary and translator from the Kingdom of Kucha (present-day Xinjiang, China).
Kumārajīva (Mandarin Chinese 鳩摩羅什 Jiumoluoshi; also Kiu-kiu-lo, Kiu-mo-lo-che, Kiu-mo-to-tche-po, Tang-cheu) was a Kuchean Buddhist monk and scholar whose father was originally from an Indian noble family, and whose mother was a princess.
Dao’an (born 312—died 385) was a pioneer Chinese Buddhist monk who facilitated the assimilation of Buddhism in China through his work in translating Buddhist scriptures into Chinese. Dao’an’s work influenced Kumarajiva, the greatest translator of the Buddhist scriptures.
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Kumārajīva (Simplified Chinese: 鸠摩罗什; Traditional Chinese: 鳩摩羅什; Pinyin:Jiūmóluóshí; also Kiu-kiu-lo, Kiu-mo-lo-che, Kiu-mo-to-tche-po, Tang-cheu), (b. 344 C.E. – d. 413 C.E.) was a Kuchean Buddhist monk, scholar , and translator, famed for his encyclopedic knowledge of Indian and Vedantic learning.
May 23, 2018 · Kumārajīva (350–409 or 413), the most important translator in East Asian Buddhist history, was born to a noble family in Kucha, a center of largely main-stream Buddhist schools on the northern branch of the Silk Road.
Learn about Kumārajīva, a central Asian Buddhist monk who travelled to China and became one of the ‘four great translators’ of Chinese Buddhist texts. Find out his life story, his translations of key sūtras, and his influence on Buddhist doctrine.
