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Lokaksema's translation activities, as well as those of the Parthians An Shigao and An Xuan slightly earlier, or his fellow Yuezhi Dharmarakṣa (around 286 CE) illustrate the key role Central Asians had in propagating Buddhism to the countries of East Asia. With the decline and fall of the Han, the empire fell into chaos and Lokakṣema ...
Lokaksema (Buddhist monk), a 2nd-century Indian Buddhist monk This page was last edited on 11 April 2024, at 18:34 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Lokaksema or Lokakshema is a Sanskrit word meaning "global well-being". Loka means "world", and Kshema means "welfare" in Sanskrit. It is normally used in the context of various prayers and rituals performed in Hinduism. For example, there could be a big ritual yagna conducted for some common good such as a blessing for rains.
The text suggests he was contemporary with the translator Lokakṣema, who lived in the second half of the second century CE during the Han dynasty. [1] There is only one sentence regarding Zhi Yao in Sengyou's work, found in the section on Lokakṣema, that says only, "at that time there was also Zhi Yao, who translated the Chengju guangming ...
The Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sūtra was first translated into Chinese by the Kushan Buddhist monk Lokaksema in 179 CE, at the Han capital of Luoyang. [2] This translation is, together with the Prajnaparamita Sutra, one of the earliest historically datable texts of the Mahayana tradition.
Emperor Huan of Han became emperor of the Han dynasty. 147: Lokaksema was born. 148: The Buddhist missionary An Shigao arrived in China. 166: Sino-Roman relations: A Roman envoy arrived at the Han capital Luoyang.
Greco-Buddhist Kushan monks such as Lokaksema (c. 178 CE) travelled to the Chinese capital of Loyang, where they became the first translators of Buddhist scriptures into Chinese. [48] Central Asian and East Asian Buddhist monks appear to have maintained strong exchanges until around the 10th century, as indicated by the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha ...
Han dynasty Buddhist monks (4 P) Pages in category "Han dynasty Buddhists" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Lokaksema (Buddhist monk) S.