Lokaksema | |
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Born | 147 CE |
Occupation(s) | Buddhist monk, scholar, translator, and missionary |
Lokakṣema (लोकक्षेम, Chinese: 支婁迦讖; pinyin: Zhī Lóujiāchèn) (flourished 147–189) was a Kushan Buddhist monk who travelled to China during the Han dynasty and is among one of the first known translators of Mahayana religious texts into any language.[1]