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Xuanzang | Glossary of Terms

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    • Xuanzang
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    Seventh century Chinese scholar. One of the greatest translators in world history, he traveled to India, where he lived for many years, studying Sanskrit and all the sciences of the day. On his return to China he translated many volumes of important philosophical and religious works. He translated this sūtra in 650.

    • Xuanzang
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    A great seventh-century Chinese scholar of Buddhism, Xuanzang journeyed overland from China to India on a pilgrimage to the holy places of the Buddha’s life. He returned to China in 645 ᴄᴇ, bringing with him 657 Sanskrit manuscripts, of which this was one. With the support of the Tang Emperor Taizong, he established a large translation bureau in Chang’an (modern Xi’an) and spent the next nineteen years until his death translating them into Chinese.