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Tarim Basin & Western Desert Frontier

Philosophers of Tarim Basin & Western Desert Frontier

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White Horse Temple translation setting

Dharmaraksa

233 CE – 310 CE

Dunhuang

Yuezhi-descended Buddhist translator from Dunhuang whose Western Jin translation communities carried Lotus, Prajnaparamita, Pure Land, Manjusri, and Buddha-land traditions into Chinese Buddhist thought.

Kumārajīva statue at the Kizil Caves, Kuqa

Kumārajīva

344 CE – 413 CE

Kucha (Kuqa), Tarim Basin

Kuchean Buddhist translator whose Chang'an translation bureau carried Prajñāpāramitā, Madhyamaka, Lotus, Vimalakīrti, Pure Land, and meditation texts into durable Chinese Buddhist philosophical language.