Prajnatara

Prajñātārā
Title27th Indian Chan Patriarch
Personal
Died457 CE[1]
ReligionBuddhism
SchoolChan
Senior posting
PredecessorPunyamitra
SuccessorBodhidharma

Prajñātārā, also known as Keyura,[2] Prajnadhara,[3] or Hannyatara,[1] was the twenty-seventh patriarch of Indian Buddhism according to Chan Buddhism, and the teacher of Bodhidharma.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Daoyuan (2015). Records of the Transmission of the Lamp. Vol. I. Translated by Whitfield; Randolph S. Books on Demand. pp. 131–37. ISBN 9783738662467.
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