Complex sentence: An Indian tradition regards Bodhidharma to be the third son of a Tamil Pallava king from Kanchipuram, while the Japanese tradition regards Bodhidharma to be from Persia.
Split into simpler sentences: An Indian tradition regards Bodhidharma to be the third son of a Tamil Pallava king from Kanchipuram. The Japanese tradition generally regards Bodhidharma to be from Persia.