Kingdom of Funan
Funan (Chinese: 扶南; pinyin: Fúnán; ហ៊្វូណន, km; Phù Nam, Chữ Hán: 夫南; व्याधपूर, Vyādhapūra) was the name given by Chinese cartographers, geographers and writers to an ancient Khmer-Mon Indianized state—or, rather a loose network of states (Mandala)[1][2]—located in Mainland Southeast Asia covering parts of present-day Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam that existed from the first to sixth century CE.
Two Buddhist monks from Funan, named Mandrasena and Sanghapala,[3]:58,92 took up residency in China in the 5th to 6th centuries, and translated several Buddhist sūtras from Sanskrit (or a prakrit) into Chinese.[4] Among these texts is the Mahayana Saptaśatikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, also called the Mahāprajñāpāramitā Mañjuśrīparivarta Sūtra.[5] This text was separately translated by both monks.[4] The bodhisattva Mañjuśrī is a prominent figure in this text.
Further reading
Funan, Wikipedia
Notes
- ↑ Martin Stuart-Fox (2003). A Short History of China and Southeast Asia: Tribute, Trade and Influence
. Allen & Unwin. p. 29.
- ↑ Dougald JW O′Reilly (2007). Early Civilizations of Southeast Asia. Altamira Press. p. 194.
- ↑ Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella, ed. The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 T'oung Pao: International Journal of Chinese Studies. 1958. p. 185
- ↑ The Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalog (T 232)
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