[Solved] Sanghabhuti, an Indian Buddhist monk, who travelled to China at the end of the weed fourth century AD, was the author of a commentary on: Prajnaparamita Sutra Visuddhimagga Sarvastivada Vinaya Lalitavistara

Q34. Sanghabhuti, an Indian Buddhist monk, who travelled to China at the end of the weed fourth century AD, was the author of a commentary on:

1. Prajnaparamita Sutra
2. Visuddhimagga
3. Sarvastivada Vinaya
4. Lalitavistara

Answer: 3

Sanghabhuti was one of the first Kashmiri scholars to reach China in 381CE. He translated a large number of Buddhist scriptures into Chinese. The most important work among them contains detailed annotations about the Vinaya Pitaka of the Sarvastivada School.

· Lalitavistara, in Sanskrit Lalit is a Lotus. Lalitvistara is a Sanskrit text that deals with the biography of Buddha. It tells the story of Gautama Buddha from the time of his descent from Tushita until his first sermon and is regarded as one of the most revered Mahayanic writings.

· Visuddhimagga (path of Purification) by Buddhaghosha (5^th Century CE). It is a comprehensive summary of older Sinhala commentaries on Theravada teachings and practices.

· The Prajnaparamita Sutras are among the oldest of the Mahayana Sutras and are the foundation of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy. These venerable texts are found in both the Chinese Canon and Tibetan Canon of Buddhist scriptures.

· Prajnaparamita means “perfection of wisdom” and the sutras counted as Prajnaparamita Sutras present the perfection of wisdom as the realization or direct experience of sunyata (emptiness).

· The several sutras of the Prajnaparamita Sutras vary from very long to very short and are often named according to the number of lines it takes to write them.

· The longest is the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra, composed of 100,000 lines. The most well known of the wisdom sutras are the Diamond Sutra.