Tianxizai

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Tianxizai (C. 天息災; alt. T'ien-hsi-tsai) (fl. 980–1000, d. 1000). A translator from Kashmir who arrived in Bian, China in 980 with Dānapāla, and subsequently worked with Dānapāla and Fatian 法天 at Chuanfa Cloister 傳法院 in the Western part of Taiping-xingguo Temple 太平興國寺 from 982.[1]

His translations include the Kāraṇḍavyūha and other texts. For other translations see:

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