Sanghabhuti, an Indian Buddhist monk, who travelled to China at the end of the fourth century AD, was the author of a commentary on:
APrajnaparamita Sutra
BVisuddhimagga
CSarvastivada Vinaya
DLalitavistara
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Sarvastivada Vinaya
Answer: C. Sanghabhuti authored a commentary on the Sarvastivada Vinaya.
Sanghabhuti was an Indian Buddhist monk who traveled to China in the late 4th century CE during the Eastern Jin dynasty.
He worked at the Chinese imperial court translating Sanskrit Buddhist texts into Chinese.
His major contribution was a commentary on the Vinaya rules of the Sarvastivada school, one of the early Buddhist sects whose monastic code was widely followed in northwestern India and Central Asia.
The Sarvastivada Vinaya formed the basis of Chinese Buddhist monastic discipline in early periods. Sanghabhuti's commentary helped Chinese monks interpret and apply these rules in their Sangha.
Distractors: (A) Prajnaparamita Sutras are Mahayana texts
(B) Visuddhimagga is Buddhaghosa's Theravada treatise composed in Sri Lanka c. 5th century
(D) Lalitavistara is a Mahayana biography of Buddha.
Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part I.
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