Buddhayaśas
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Buddhayaśas (C. Fotuoyeshe; J. Butsudayasha; K. Pult’ayasa 佛陀耶舍) (d.u.; fl. c. early fifth century). A monk from Kashmir (see Kashmir-Gandhāra) who became an important early translator of Indic Buddhist texts into Chinese.[1]
He was a Dharmaguptaka monk and translator in the Later Qin dynasty.
He was known to be a Mahāyānist, and he is recorded as having learned both Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna treatises. He translated the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, the Dīrgha Āgama, and Mahāyāna texts including the Ākāśagarbha Bodhisattva Sūtra (虛空藏菩薩經 Xūkōngzàng Púsà Jīng). The preface written by Buddhayaśas for his translation of the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya states that the Dharmaguptakas had assimilated the Mahāyāna Tripiṭaka.[2]
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Notes
- ↑ Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. Buddhayaśas
- ↑ Walser, Joseph. Nāgārjuna in Context: Mahāyāna Buddhism and Early Indian Culture. 2005. pp. 52-53