Lokaksema (Buddhist monk)

Lokaksema
Born147 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]

  1. ^ Harrison, Paul. "Lokakṣema". Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism Online.

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