The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1081 page)

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Ilm-i Kshnoom
.
Path of Knowledge, a Parsi occult movement: see
PARSIS
.
Ilyas, Mawl
n
(founder)
:
Il-y
n
or Iry
n
(1206–89).
Korean Buddhist scholar-monk. He compiled the
Samguk yusa
(Legends and History of the Three Kingdoms), a treasury of the history of Korean Buddhism, in or about the year 1285. At the time when Confucianism was beginning to gather strength in Kory
(935–1392), he endeavoured to revitalize Buddhism through this literary effort.

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