Mind-Benders of Buddhist History
Translations still recited after sixteen centuries
Kumārajīva (344–413), born in Kucha on the Silk Road and later working in Chang'an, produced Chinese renderings of texts such as the Lotus Sutra and the Diamond Sutra that remain the standard, widely recited versions across East Asia more than 1,600 years later.
How we know
Kumārajīva, c. 344–413 CE; born Kucha (Central Asia), translated at Chang'an under Later Qin patronage (arrived c. 401); his Lotus and Diamond Sutra renderings remain the standard East Asian versions. 2026 − 413 = 1,613 years (> 1,600).
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