The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1235 page)

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Kanzan
:
Kanzeon
:
Kao-Seng-Chuan
(Biographies of Eminent Monks)
.
Buddhist text compiled by Hui-chiao of the Liang dynasty (502–51 CE). It contains the biographies of 257 eminent Chinese and foreign Buddhist monks who lived in China from the 2nd cent. CE to the 6th cent.
K
p
la
(Skt., ‘made of skulls’). Followers of
iva
who worship him in his terrible (Bhairava) form: see
K
P
LIKA
.

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