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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) [1] 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.
Kumārajīva ( traditional Chinese : 鳩摩羅什; simplified Chinese : 鸠摩罗什; pinyin : Jiūmóluóshí; Wade–Giles : Chiu1 mo2 lo2 shih2, 344–413 CE) [1] 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 Chinese Buddhism.
Kumarajiva (born 343/344—died 413) was a Buddhist scholar and seer, famed for his encyclopaedic knowledge of Indian and Vedantic learning.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Kumārajīva (Mandarin Chinese 鳩摩羅什 Jiumoluoshi; also Kiu-kiu-lo, Kiu-mo-lo-che, Kiu-mo-to-tche-po, Tang-cheu) was a Kuchean Buddhist monk and scholar whose father was originally from an Indian noble family, and whose mother was a princess.
Kumārajīva (Simplified Chinese: 鸠摩罗什; Traditional Chinese: 鳩摩羅什; Pinyin:Jiūmóluóshí; also Kiu-kiu-lo, Kiu-mo-lo-che, Kiu-mo-to-tche-po, Tang-cheu), (b. 344 C.E. – d. 413 C.E.) was a Kuchean Buddhist monk, scholar , and translator, famed for his encyclopedic knowledge of Indian and Vedantic learning.
May 23, 2018 · Kumārajīva (c.344–413 CE). One of the greatest of Buddhist translators. Kumārajīva, who had grown up under the influence of the Hīnayāna, became acquainted with the Mahāyāna teachings and was converted to them. Captured by Chinese in 383, he studied Chinese until he was liberated and welcomed to Changan in 401, where he spent the rest ...
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Learn about Kumārajīva, a central Asian Buddhist monk who travelled to China and became one of the ‘four great translators’ of Chinese Buddhist texts. Find out his life story, his translations of key sūtras, and his influence on Buddhist doctrine.
