Kumarajiva

[Girish Bhaskaruni]

hello V.T,
i remember to have read about Kumarjiva long back in a
book on Chinese Buddhism in thew University Library of
Osmania University, Andhrapradesh, India.
aumarajiva was a Indian Buddhist who migratedto China
in 6 th century AD along with Dharmaraksha another
Buddhist monk.
I also remember that the photo of monastary where the
Stupa of Kumarajiva was there in China was also given
there.
this is for your information
with regards
G.B











--- "Ven. Tantra" <troyoga at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> Dear List members:
>
> I connection to a preface to my �rendering� of the
> _Diamond Cutter Sutra_, might anyone have any
> interesting data on the life of Kumarajiva? �i.e.,
> beyond what I have compiled below. Is it the name
> alone that makes me think he was �Indian�?
>
> Much obliged,
>
> Ven. Tantra
>
> *Kumarajiva* (CE 344�413). Great Indian (?) Buddhist
> scholar and missionary born in Kucha, present day
> Xinjiang, China. When his mother, a Kuchean
> princess,
> became a nun, he followed her into monastic life at
> the age of seven. He grew up in Buddhist centers. In
> 383, Chinese forces seized Kucha and took Kumarajiva
> to China. From 401 he was at the Ch�in court in the
> capital Chang�an (modern Xi�an). He taught and
> translated Buddhist scriptures into Chinese. With
> 500
> scholar monks assisting him, he is said to have
> translated more than 100 Buddhist works. Twenty-four
> are authenticated. These include some of the most
> important titles in the Chinese Buddhist canon.
>
>
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