Kumārajīva
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Kumārajīva was a Buddhist monk, scholar, missionary and translator. from the Kingdom of Kucha. Kumārajīva is seen as one of the greatest translators of Chinese Buddhism and a pivotal figure in the dev
The Statue of Kumārajīva in front of the Kizil Caves in Kuqa County, Xinjiang, China
Liao dynasty statue of the Eleven Headed Guanyin in Dule Temple in Tianjin, China.
White Horse Pagoda, Dunhuang, commemorating Kumarajiva's white horse which carried the scriptures to China, c. 384 CE
Section of the Diamond Sutra, a handwritten copy by Zhang Jizhi, based on Kumarajiva's translation from Sanskrit to Chinese
Nagarjuna
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Nāgārjuna was an Indian scholar-monk, philosopher, and teacher of Mahayana Buddhism from south India. He is considered the founder of the Madhyamaka school.
Kumārajīva
…the Sarvastivadin schools, later studied under Buddhasvāmin, and finally became an adherent of Mahayana Buddhism, studying the Mādhyamaka doctrine of Nāgārjuna. After mastering the Chinese language, Kumārajīva settled as a translator and scholar in Chang'an (c. 401 CE) under the patronage of the Later Qin dynasty…
Painting of Nāgārjuna (18th century)
A model of the Amaravati Stupa
A Tibetan depiction of Nagarjuna; the snakes are depicted as protectors around Nagarjuna's head and the nagas rising out of the water are offering Buddhist sutras.
Nicholas Roerich "Nagarjuna Conqueror of the Serpent" (1925)