The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (207 page)
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An Shih-kao
(2nd cent. CE).
Buddhist monk, converted when crown prince in Parthia, who went to China and undertook and organized the first translations of Buddhist texts into Chinese. Since they were mainly concerned with
dhy
na
, he became the founder of the
Dhy
na
School of Buddhism.
Buddhist monk, converted when crown prince in Parthia, who went to China and undertook and organized the first translations of Buddhist texts into Chinese. Since they were mainly concerned with
dhy
na, he became the founder of the
Dhy
naSchool of Buddhism.
Antak
t-da
a-a
ga
:
t-daa-aga:
GA
(S. Indian bhakti poetess):
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