Amoghavajra

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Born: 705
Died: 774
Works: 12

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Tang dynasty
Place of birth: Samarkand
Place of death: Chang'an
Occupation: Buddhist monk
Religion: Buddhism
Student of: Vajrabodhi
Image: Amoghavajra.jpg

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time period: Tang dynasty
date of death: 0774-01-01
date of birth: 0705-01-01
Commons category: Amoghavajra
name in kana: ふくうこんごう
posthumous name: 大辨正廣智三藏
name in native language: अमोघवज्र

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Amoghavajra''' ( ; , 705–774) was a prolific translator who became one of the most politically powerful Buddhist monks in Chinese history and is acknowledged as one of the Patriarchs of Zhenyan Buddhism and Shingon Buddhism.

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