Sanghapāla
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Funan
- Occupation
- translator
- Religion
- Buddhism
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- Sanghapāla
- date of birth
- 0506-01-01
- date of death
- 0518-01-01
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Sanghapāla (466–524 CE) was a famous Khmer monk who traveled to Southern and Northern Dynasties China.
He, along with the fellow Funan monk, Mandrasena, translated Buddhist scriptures such as the Vimuttimagga or Path to Freedom into Chinese.
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