amoghavajra | Glossary of Terms
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705–74. A famous and prolific translator, he is particularly renowned for his Chinese translations of Indian Buddhist esoteric works. He is known to have sailed from South India to China via Sri Lanka between 741 and 746. Not to be confused with the eleventh century paṇḍita of the same name who translated texts into Tibetan.
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Amoghavajra, known in Chinese as Bukong (705–74) was a prolific eighth-century translator particularly renowned for his translations of Indian Buddhist esoteric works into Chinese. He is known to have sailed from South India to China via Sri Lanka between 741 and 746. Not to be confused with the eleventh-century paṇḍita of the same name who translated texts into Tibetan.