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Ximing Temple

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Ximing Temple was a famous temple in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang dynasty in Chinese history. [1]

14 relations: Chang'an, Gandhara, India, Kūkai, Mahavairocana Tantra, Nalanda, Oxford University Press, Prajñā (Buddhist monk), Silk Road, Tang dynasty, Tantra, Xi'an, Xuanzang, Yijing (monk).

Chang'an

Chang'an was an ancient capital of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history, today known as Xi'an.

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Gandhara

Gandhāra was an ancient kingdom situated along the Kabul and Swat rivers of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Kūkai

Kūkai (空海), also known posthumously as, 774–835, was a Japanese Buddhist monk, civil servant, scholar, poet, and artist who founded the Shingon or "True Word" school of Buddhism.

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Mahavairocana Tantra

The Mahāvairocana Tantra (also known as 大日经 ''Da ri Jing'') is an important Vajrayana Buddhist text.

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Nalanda

Nalanda was a Mahavihara, a large Buddhist monastery, in the ancient kingdom of Magadha (modern-day Bihar) in India.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Prajñā (Buddhist monk)

Prajñā, was an important 9th century Buddhist monk from Gandhara (born in the area of modern Kabul, Afghanistan).

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Silk Road

The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that connected the East and West.

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Tang dynasty

The Tang dynasty or the Tang Empire was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

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Tantra

Tantra (Sanskrit: तन्त्र, literally "loom, weave, system") denotes the esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism that co-developed most likely about the middle of 1st millennium CE.

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Xi'an

Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi Province, China.

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Xuanzang

Xuanzang (fl. c. 602 – 664) was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator who travelled to India in the seventh century and described the interaction between Chinese Buddhism and Indian Buddhism during the early Tang dynasty.

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Yijing (monk)

Yijing (635–713 CE) was a Tang dynasty Chinese Buddhist monk originally named Zhang Wenming.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ximing_Temple

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