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Kashyapamtanga

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<poem> Kashyapamtanga; Kasyapa Matanga was an Indian Buddhist monk who introduced Buddhism to China in the 1st century CE.

       ~25 A.D.
       came from India
       regarded as the first translator for Buddhist sutras in China
       translated 5 sutras, but only 1 extant -- "Sutra of Forty-two Chapters"

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