Kumarajiva

Japanese: クマーラジーバ

A Buddhist monk who translated Buddhist scriptures in the 4th century during the Six Dynasties period in China. His Chinese name was Kumarajiva. He was from the Central Asian country of Kiji. His father was an Indian named Kumarajiva, and his mother was the sister of the King of Kiji. He followed his mother to India to study Buddhism in Mahayana and Hinayana. Fu Jian tried to welcome him by force, but after the fall of the Former Qin Dynasty, he was welcomed by Yao Xing, King of the Later Qin Dynasty, in 401 and lived in Chang'an. He began translating the Zazen Samadhi Sutra, and translated 35 volumes and 294 volumes in eight years, correcting the Gyogi Buddhism and conveying Nagarjuna's view of emptiness. He is said to have had 3,000 disciples, including Sojo, Soei, Dosho, Doyo, and Ekan, and formed the Sanron and Jojitsu sects.
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Japanese:

４世紀，中国六朝時代の訳経僧。漢名は鳩摩羅什(くまらじゅう)。中央アジア亀【じ】(きじ)国の人。父はインド人鳩摩炎，母は亀【じ】国王の妹。母に従いインドに留学，大乗・小乗の仏教を修めた。苻堅(ふけん)は武力をもって彼を迎えようとしたが，前秦(しん)が滅んだため，401年，後秦王姚興(ようこう)に迎えられて長安に住んだ。《坐禅三昧経》の訳出を始め，８年間に35部294巻を訳し，格義仏教を匡(ただ)し，竜樹(りゅうじゅ)の空観を伝えた。門弟3000人といわれ，僧肇(そうじょう)・僧叡・道生(どうしょう)・道融・慧観(えかん)が輩出し，三論宗，成実(じょうじつ)宗を形成した。
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