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Japanese: 摩羅難陀 - まらなんだ

A monk from the Western Regions or India who is said to have been the first to introduce Buddhism to Baekje in Korea. His birth and death years are unknown. According to the "Samguk Sagi," he traveled to Baekje from the Eastern Jin Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties of China in 384. King Jinliu welcomed him into his palace, and in the following year, 385, he founded a Buddhist temple in the royal capital of Hansan and ordained 10 monks. However, doubts have been raised about this legend, and the current prevailing view is that Baekje adopted Buddhism in the early 6th century. [Kimura Makoto]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

はじめて朝鮮の百済に仏教を伝えたという西域またはインドの僧。生没年不詳。《三国史記》によると，彼は384年に中国南朝の東晋から百済にわたった。枕流王は彼を宮中に迎え入れ，翌385年には王都漢山に仏寺を創建して僧侶10人を度した，とされている。しかし，この所伝には疑問が出されており，現在では，百済の仏教受容を6世紀初頭とする見解が有力である。【木村誠】

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