What is "buddhasvamin"

• Buddhasvamin (monk) was a Kuchean Hinayana Buddhism|Buddhist monk and great scholar who presided over all of Kucha's Buddhist temples and nunneries during part of the fourth century
• Buddhasvamin (writer) was an Indian writer who compiled the Shlokasanggraha, a famous Indian katha narrative, around 800-900AD

Buddhasvāmin was a Sarvastivadan Buddhist monk and famous scholar from the kingdom of Kucha. During part of the 4th century CE, he presideded over all Buddhist temples and nunneries in Kucha.

Buddhasvāmin's disciple Kumārajīva later became an adherent of the Mahayana teaching, and later moved to Chang'an, then capital of China, where he became one of Buddhism's most noted translators.

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