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It has been mentioned earlier that in 6th century A.D. Paramārtha had gone to China and translated quite a good number of works into Chinese. At present only thirytwo works are available The Sraddotpâdaśāstra (of Ašvaghosa), the Suvarna-saptatiśāstra (a commentary on the Sankhya Kārīkā) and the life of Vasubandhu were included in his translation works. The great scholar died in China in the year of 569 A.D. at the age of seventy-one.
The Chinese traveller I-tsing had sta ted to India in the year 671 A.D. In India he had travelled so many places. Duri' g his stay in India, he not only learnt Indian langunge, but also collected a huge number of manuscipts. On his return to China in 695 A.D.. he took four hundred valuable works. During his life time he translated fiftysix works and all of his translations are available now. Besides, the translation he had also compiled five works and wrote his report of travels. At the age of seventynine, he died in the year 713 A.D.
Another descendent of Amstodana, the brother of Suddhodana, named Subhakara Sinha, had gone to China from Nālandā monastery when he was eighty years old. He had contributed five works and at last died at the age of ninetynine in the year of 735 A.D.
Amoghavajra, an Ihdian monk born in a Brahmin family, had gone to China in the year of 719 A.D. following his teacher Vajrabodhi He learnt Chinese language and served his teacher in China for thirteen years and in the year of 732 A.D. his teacher asked him to go to India and Sri Lanka to collect some religious texts. Following the advice of his Teacher Amoghavajra returned to India in about 741 A.D.; and collected more than five hundred manuscripts from India and Sri Lanka. Again, in 746 AD, he went to China for the second time. He was held in high veneratin at the court of successive Sovereigns of T’ang dynasty. Under his influence, the Tantric doctrines dealing with talismanic forces and professions of super natural power first gained currency in China. He
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