Kasyapa Matanga

Indian Buddhist monk (died AD 73)

Kāśyapa Mātaṇga
Tumulus marker of Kāśyapa Mātaṇga located in White Horse Temple, Luoyang, China
Personal
Born	unknown Central India^[1]
Died	73 CE Luoyang, Henan, China
Religion	Buddhism
Notable work(s)	Sutra in Forty-two Sections
Occupation	Buddhist monk who introduced Buddhism to China, translator from Sanskrit to Chinese

Chinese Buddhism
Part of a series on
Chinese: "Buddha"
History Buddhism in Central Asia Dharmaguptaka Silk Road transmission Dunhuang manuscripts Four Buddhist Persecutions in China
Major figures Lokakṣema Kumārajīva Sengzhao Jizang Paramartha Xuanzang Kuiji Woncheuk Daoxuan Huiyuan Tanluan Daochuo Shandao Zhiyi Zhanran Fazang Chengguan Śubhakarasiṃha Vajrabodhi Amoghavajra Bodhidharma Huineng Daman Hongren Mazu Daoyi Hongzhi Zhengjue Dahui Zonggao Linji Zongmi Hanshan Deqing Zhu Hong Ouyi Zhixu Miyun Yuanwu Taixu Tanxu Hsu Yun Hsuan Hua Yang Wenhui Yin Shun Nan Huai-Chin Nenghai
Traditions Chan Tiantai Huayan Pure Land Weishi Sanlun Esoteric Buddhism Humanistic Buddhism
Texts Chinese Buddhist canon Taishō Tripiṭaka
Architecture Buddhist architecture in China
Sacred Sites Mount Wutai Mount Emei Mount Jiuhua Mount Putuo Mount Lu Tiantai Mountain White Horse Temple
Culture Buddhist Association of China Cuisine Martial arts Diyu
v t e

Kasyapa Matanga

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

迦葉摩騰

Simplified Chinese

迦叶摩腾

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jiā shè mó téng
Wade–Giles	Chia¹ she⁴ mo² t’eng²

Sanskrit name

Sanskrit

काश्यपमातण्ग

Kasyapa Matanga (Kāśyapa Mātaṇga) or Jia Yemoteng 迦葉摩騰 (Jia Shemoteng 迦攝摩騰, Zhu Yemoteng 竺葉摩騰, or Zhu Shemoteng 竺攝摩騰) was an Indian Buddhist monk who is traditionally believed to have first introduced Buddhism to China in the 1st century CE.^[2]

According to popular accounts of Chinese Buddhism, Emperor Ming of Han dreamt of a golden deity interpreted as the Buddha and sent a delegation to India. They returned circa 67 CE with the monks Kasyapa Matanga and Dharmaratna, and white horses carrying Buddhist texts and images. The emperor established White Horse Temple in the Han capital Luoyang, where the two supposedly first translated the Sutra of Forty-two Chapters into Chinese.^[3]

References

^ Ludvik, Catherine (2007). Sarasvatī, Riverine Goddess of Knowledge: From the Manuscript-carrying Vīṇā-player to the Weapon-wielding Defender of the Dharma. Brill. p. 150. ISBN 9789004158146.
^ Julch, Thomas (2016). The Middle Kingdom and the Dharma Wheel: Aspects of the Relationship between the Buddhist Saṃgha and the State in Chinese History. Brill. p. 47. ISBN 9789004322585.
^ 迦葉摩騰^{[permanent dead link]}, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (login: guest, no password).