'''''' was a Buddhist monk, originally from Central India, who went to China after studies in Kashmir and Kucha. Arriving in Guzang, Northern Liang in 412, he became one of the most prolific translators of Buddhist literature into .
He returned to Khotan in 422 and again to Guzang, and was killed on another journey to the West in 433 or 436.
He translated 19 scriptures in 131 fascicles, including
*涅槃經 Nirvana sutra
* 文陀竭王經 Wentuojiewang jing
*悲華經
*大方廣三戒經
*大般涅槃經 the , 40 fascicles in 414-421
*大方等無想經 Mahāmegha-sūtra
*金光明經 part of the , 4 fascicles in 414-426
* some chapters of 合部金光明經
*優婆塞戒經 Upāsaka-?īla-sūtra
* 菩薩戒本 Bodhisattva-?īla sūtra)
* 菩薩地持經 Bodhisattvabhūmi, 10 fascicles between 414 and 426
* 楞伽經, sūtra
*大方等大集經 Mahasamnipata Sutra, , 60 fascicles in 414-426
*佛所行讚 Buddhacarita, 5 fascicles
*優婆塞戒經 Upasakasila Sutra, 7 fascicles.
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