The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1653 page)

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Nan-ch’uan P’u-yuan
(Jap., Nansen Fugan;
748–835)
. Ch’an/Zen master, dharma-successor (
hassu
) of
Ma-tsu
Tao-i. From a study of Buddhist philosophy, Ma-tsu pointed him to enlightenment. In 795, he retired to a hut on Mount Nan-ch’uan (hence his name), but after thirty years he was persuaded to settle in a monastery and to teach students who never numbered less than a hundred.
Nande
.
Sikh place of pilgrimage,
c.
320 km. NW of Hyderabad, India. In July or Aug., 1707 CE, Gur
Gobind Si
gh
arrived in Nande
, now in the S. Indian state of Mah
r
ra, on the banks of the river God
var
. Here he met the
bair
g
(Hindu renunciant) Madho D
s, who became his follower, taking the name
Band
Si
gh
. At Nande

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