{"id":2453,"date":"2025-05-02T13:14:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T07:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2453"},"modified":"2025-05-02T13:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T07:44:49","slug":"q-sanghabhuti-an-indian-buddhist-monk-who-travelled-to-china-at-the-end-of-the-fourth-century-ad-was-the-author-of-a-commentary-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-sanghabhuti-an-indian-buddhist-monk-who-travelled-to-china-at-the-end-of-the-fourth-century-ad-was-the-author-of-a-commentary-on","title":{"rendered":"Q. Sanghabhuti, an Indian Buddhist monk, who travelled to China at the end of the fourth century AD, was the author of a commentary on:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>Prajnaparamita Sutra<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visuddhimagga<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarvastivada Vinaya Sain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lalitavistara<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(c) Sarvastivada Vinaya Sain<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-6814576ceec21\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sanghabhuti:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sanghabhuti was a prominent\u00a0<strong>Indian Buddhist monk<\/strong>\u00a0who\u00a0<strong>traveled to China in the late 4th century AD<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He is known for his commentary on the\u00a0<strong>Sarvastivada Vinaya<\/strong>. This text outlines the monastic code of conduct for the\u00a0<strong>Sarvastivada school of Buddhism<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His journey to China marked a significant event in the\u00a0<strong>exchange of Buddhist knowledge and practices between India and China.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prajnaparamita Sutra<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This\u00a0<strong>Mahayana Buddhist text<\/strong>\u00a0focuses on the\u00a0<strong>concept of Prajna (wisdom)<\/strong>. While Sanghabhuti might have been familiar with this text, there\u2019s no historical evidence linking him specifically to a commentary on it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visuddhimagga:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This\u00a0<strong>Theravada Buddhist text<\/strong>\u00a0focuses on the\u00a0<strong>path to liberation<\/strong>. It\u2019s unlikely that Sanghabhuti, associated with the Mahayana tradition, would have written a commentary on a Theravada text.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lalitavistara:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This\u00a0<strong>Mahayana Buddhist text<\/strong>\u00a0elaborates on the\u00a0<strong>life of Buddha<\/strong>. Similar to the Prajnaparamita Sutra, there\u2019s no specific link between Sanghabhuti and a commentary on this text.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer:&nbsp;(c) Sarvastivada Vinaya Sain Notes:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[40],"years":[49],"class_list":["post-2453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-ancient-history","years-49"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":40,"label":"Ancient History"}],"years":[{"value":49,"label":"2024"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":40,"name":"Ancient History","slug":"ancient-history","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":40,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":108,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2453"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}