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Buddhabhadra

2008-12-31By sandho
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Buddhabhadra  was the translator of the Maha Vaipulya Buddha Avatamsaka Sutra or simply the Avatamsaka Sutra, and in Mandarin as the Hua Yen Jing.  His was the first full translation from Sanskrit to Chinese (60 fascicles) and was completed by around 420 A.D. (Avatamsaka-suutra; 60 fascicles, Taishou catalog reference T 278.9.395a-788b.); the second translation (80 fascicles Avatamsaka-suutra; Taishou catalog reference T 279.10.1b-444c.) was completed by S`iks.aananda (Shikshanada or Shikhsanada) around 699 A.D.; the third was completed by Prajn~aa (Prajna) (40 fascicles, Gandavyuuha (Gandhavyuha or Gandavyuha); Taishou catalog reference T 293.10.661a-848b) around 798 A.D.

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