Kumarajiva biography meaning

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Kumarajiva (AD 344-413), spent much of his life in the Buddhist kingdom of Kucha on the Northern Silk Road (Xiyu ‘West Region’ today’s Xinjiang). An expert in languages and Buddhist texts, he was invited to ­China in AD 385. As a result of internal Chinese politics Kumarajiva was held prisoner at an outpost for about sixteen years. Later around (AD 401) when he arrived at his destination, Chang-an, he was put in charge of a large project to translate Buddhist Scriptures into Chinese.

His time in captivity associating with ordinary Chinese people held him in good stead, as he learnt the everyday language which helped him translate the substance of the Buddhist texts. In eleven years of translation work he and his students translated 384 volumes of Buddhist texts including: Prajnaparamita Texts, the Vimalakirti Nir­desa Sutra, Surangama Sutra, and The Lotus Su

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Kumarajiva

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Kumārajīva
The Statue of Kumārajīva in front of the Kizil Caves in Kuqa County, Xinjiang, China
Born	344 CE Kucha Kingdom (now Kuqa, China)
Died	413 CE (aged 68-69) Chang'an, (Later) Qin (now Xi'an, China)
Occupation	Buddhist monk, scholar, translator, and philosopher
Known for	Translation of Buddhist texts written in Sanskrit to kinesisk, founder of the Sanlun school of Mahayana Buddhism

Kumārajīva (traditional Chinese: 鳩摩羅什; simplified Chinese: 鸠摩罗什; pinyin: Jiūmóluóshí; Wade–Giles: Chiu¹ mo² lo² shih², 344–413 CE) was a Buddhist monk, scholar, missionary and translator from the Kingdom of Kucha (present-day Xinjiang, China). Kumārajīva is seen as one of the greatest translators of kinesisk Buddhism. According to Lu Cheng, Kumarajiva's translations are "unparalleled either in terms of translation technique or degree of fidel

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Kumārajīva

Kuchan Buddhist monk and translator (344-413)

Kumārajīva
The Statue of Kumārajīva in front of the Kizil Caves in Kuqa County, Xinjiang, China
Born	344 CE Kucha (now Kuqa, China)
Died	413 CE (aged 68-69) Chang'an, Later Qin (now Xi'an, China)
Occupation(s)	Buddhist monk, scholar, translator, and philosopher
Known for	Translation of Buddhist texts written in Sanskrit to Chinese, founder of the Sanlun school of Mahayana Buddhism

Kumārajīva (Sanskrit: कुमारजीव; traditional Chinese: 鳩摩羅什; simplified Chinese: 鸠摩罗什; pinyin: Jiūmóluóshí; Wade–Giles: Chiu¹ mo² lo² shih², 344–413 CE) was a Buddhist monk, scholar, missionary and translator from Kucha (present-day Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, China). Kumārajīva is seen as one of the greatest translators of Chinese Buddhism. According to Lu Cheng, Kumarajiva's translations are "unparalleled either in terms of translation technique or degree of fidelity".^[