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An Shigao

The Sūtra of Nandika

An Shigao

安世高

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An Shigao (安世高, fl. c. 148–180 ᴄᴇ) was an early Central Asian Buddhist missionary to China, and the earliest known translator of Indian Buddhist texts into Chinese. He was active in the Chinese imperial capital of Luoyang (洛陽) in the latter half of the 2nd century ᴄᴇ.

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