This question came in the UPSC Civil Services Exam (Prelims) 2024 – General Studies Paper 1
Question 1: Sanghabhuti, an Indian Buddhist monk, who travelled to China at the end of the fourth century AD, was the author of a commentary on:
(a) Prajnaparamita Sutra
(b) Visuddhimagga
(c) Sarvastivada Vinaya
(d) Lalitvistara
(a) Prajnaparamita Sutra
(b) Visuddhimagga
(c) Sarvastivada Vinaya
(d) Lalitvistara
Answer: (c) Sarvastivada Vinaya
Topic: Ancient Indian History › Art and Culture
Explanation: Kashmir was the most prosperous Buddhist study center in India and was also the center of the most formidable Buddhist school in North India—the Sarvastivada school. The successive Kushana spurred the prosperity of Buddhism in Kashmir to support Buddhism.Sanghabhuti was one of the first Kashmiri scholars to reach China in AD 381. He translated a large number of Buddhist scriptures into Chinese. The most important work among them contains detailed annotations about the Vinaya Pitaka of the Sarvastivada School.
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Difficulty level: Difficult
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