• Lokaksema (lit. 'people well-being') may refer to: Lokaksema (Hindu prayer), a reference in Hindu prayers Lokaksema (Buddhist monk), a 2nd-century Indian...
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  • Lokakṣema (लोकक्षेम, Chinese: 支婁迦讖; pinyin: Zhī Lóujiāchèn) (flourished 147–189) was a Kushan Buddhist monk from Gandhara who traveled to China during...
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  • Lokaksema or Lokakshema is a Sanskrit word meaning "global well-being". Loka means "world", and Kshema means "welfare" in Sanskrit. It is normally used...
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    a sutra is the Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sūtra, translated into Chinese by Lokakṣema in 179 CE, with the discovery of a Gandhari language fragment of that...
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  • the notable ones are: Ashtanga vinyasa yoga Hindu astrology Inner peace Lokaksema Om Namah Shivaya Sanctuary (Donna De Lory album) The Waste Land Vivaah...
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    Fa Gu Shan Chung Tai Shan Key figures Nāgārjuna Ashvaghosha Āryadeva Lokakṣema Kumārajīva Asanga Vasubandhu Sthiramati Buddhapālita Dignāga Bhāvaviveka...
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    comes from early Chinese translations of Mahāyāna texts, mainly those of Lokakṣema. (2nd century CE). Some scholars have traditionally considered the earliest...
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    first known translations of Nikāya Buddhist texts into Chinese (148–170) Lokakṣema, a Kushan and the first to translate Mahāyāna scriptures into Chinese...
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    the Mahathupa in Anuradhapura, according to the Mahavamsa (Chap. XXIX); Lokaksema, a 2nd-century Kushan monk, travelled to the Chinese capital city of Luoyang...
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    Mahāyāna texts. These Mahāyāna teachings were first propagated into China by Lokakṣema, the first translator of Mahāyāna Sūtras into Chinese during the second...
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