Name of an important Indian monk. Originally from north-west India he was later resident in China at Ch'ang-an during the mid-9th century ce where he translated the Gaṇḍavyūha Sūtra. He is also known to have met and befriended Kūkai, the founder of the Japanese Shingon school.

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