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Jñānagupta

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

闍那崛多

Simplified Chinese

阇那崛多

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shénàjuéduō

Also known as:

Chinese

志德

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhì Dé

Sanskrit name

Sanskrit

ज्ञानगुप्त

Jñānagupta (Sanskrit: ज्ञानगुप्त; Chinese: 闍那崛多 or 志德; pinyin: Shénàjuéduō or Zhì Dé) was a Buddhist monk from Gandhara who travelled to China and was recognised by Emperor Wen of the Sui dynasty. He is said to have brought with him 260 sutras in Sanskrit, and was supported in translating these into Chinese by the emperor.

In total, he translated 39 scriptures in 192 fascicles during the period 561 to 592, including:

Sutra of Buddha's Fundamental Deeds, 60 fascicles

(Chinese: 佛本行經; pinyin: Fó Běnháng Jīng)

Candrottaradarikapariprccha, 2 fascicles

(Chinese: 月上女經; pinyin: Yuè Shàng Nǚ Jīng)

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