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志德 jñānagupta shénàjuéduō zhì dé ज्ञानगुप्त 闍那崛多 jnanagupta
 also known as : 阇那崛多 sanskrit
jnanagupta

jñānagupta -lrb- sanskrit : ; -rrb- was buddhist monk from gandhara in modern-day pakistan who travelled to china and was recognised by emperor wen of the sui dynasty .
he is said to have brought with him 260 sutras in sanskrit , and was supported in translating these into chinese by the emperor .
in total , he translated 39 scriptures in 192 fascicles during the period 561 to 592 , including : `` sutra of buddha 's fundamental deeds '' , 60 fascicles `` candrottaradarikapariprccha '' , 2 fascicles
