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The Monk is an epithet for: Abraham the Monk, Christian monk who converted to Judaism about 614; Cosmas the Monk, 7th-century Sicilian monk; Epiphanius the Monk, 8th or 9th-century monk, priest, and author in Constantinople; Eustace the Monk (c. 1170–1217), mercenary and pirate born near Boulogne
An Shigao, Parthian monk and the first known Buddhist missionary to China, in 148 CE; Dharmarakṣa, Yuezhi monk, the first known translator of the Lotus Sutra into Chinese; Jñānagupta (561–592), monk and translator from Gandhara, Pakistan; Kumārajīva (c. 401), Kuchan monk and one of the most important translators
Vidyasagar (Jain monk) This is a list of Jain ascetics. The list include the names of ascetics who are known for their contributions to Jain philosophy and Jainism in general. Indrabhuti Gautama; Bhadrabahu, c. 4th century BCE. Last acharya of undivided Jain sangha. Kundakunda- 1st century BCE [1] Sudharma Swami
Xuanzang then describes the surviving monasteries in Sagala with hundreds of Buddhist monks, along with its three colossal stupas, each over 200 feet tall, two built by Ashoka. [39] Xuanzang visited the country of Chinabhukti next, which he states got its name because a region west of the Yellow river was a vassal state of Emperor Kanishka.
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Bede's first abbot was Benedict Biscop, and the names "Biscop" and "Beda" both appear in a list of the kings of Lindsey from around 800, further suggesting that Bede came from a noble family. [7] Bede's name reflects West Saxon Bīeda (Anglian Bēda). [16] It is an Old English short name formed on the root of bēodan "to bid, command". [17]
Like many other monks, Benkei was likely [citation needed] trained in the use of the naginata, the half-moon spear. At the age of seventeen, Benkei was said to have been 2 metres (6.6 ft) tall. At this point, he left the monasteries, and became a yamabushi, a member of a sect of mountain ascetics. Benkei was commonly depicted wearing a black ...
At that time there was a monk of the Western Region named Bodhidharma, a Persian Central Asian. [ note 3 ] He traveled from the wild borderlands to China. Seeing the golden disks on the pole on top of Yǒngníng's stupa reflecting in the sun, the rays of light illuminating the surface of the clouds, the jewel-bells on the stupa blowing in the ...