Kumarajiva biography of mahatma gandhi
The present paper discusses the life of Kumarajiva who was a great translator of the Buddhist texts and a great teacher of a new Madhayamaka School of..
Kumarajiva was neither the initiator of a new religious paradigm nor a wielder of great social power, he was a monk who through his life translated and, as some.
Kumārajīva (Simplified Chinese: 鸠摩罗什; Traditional Chinese: 鳩摩羅什; Pinyin:Jiūmóluóshí; also Kiu-kiu-lo, Kiu-mo-lo-che, Kiu-mo-to-tche-po, Tang-cheu), (b. 344 C.E. – d.
413 C.E.) was a Kuchean Buddhist monk, scholar , and translator, famed for his encyclopedic knowledge of Indian and Vedantic learning. His father was from an Indian noble family, and his mother was a Kuchean princess who significantly influenced his early studies.
At the same time, while referring to previous translations, Kumārajīva also listened to the advice of his Chinese assistants while translating.When his mother, a Kuchean princess, became a nun, he followed her into monastic life at the age of seven He first studied teachings of the Sarvastivada schools, he grew up in centers of Hinayana Buddhism, later studied under Buddhasvāmin, and finally became a Mahayāna adherent, studying the Madhyamika doctrine of Nagarjuna.
Kumarajiva is mostly remembered for the prolific translation of Buddhist texts written in Sanskrit to Chinese, which he carried out during his later life. In 383, Chinese forces seized Kucha and carried Kumarajiva off to
