Śāriputra (15th-century)

This article is about the 15th century monk. For the disciple of the Buddha, see Śāriputra. For the 12th century Sri Lankan scholar monk of Theravada Buddhism, see Sāriputta (12th-century).
Śāriputra
15th century mural of Śāriputra from Palcho Monastery in Southern Tibet. The inscription at the bottom translates to "Veneration to Shri Śāriputra".
Personal life
Bornc. 1335 CE
Piribīnagara
Diedc. 1426 CE
Beijing, Ming China
Education
Religious life
ReligionBuddhism
School

Śāriputra (c. 1335-1426 CE), also known in Chinese sources as Shilisha 室利沙, was a 15th-century Indian Buddhist monk and scholar, and the last known abbot of the Bodh Gaya mahavihara in Bihar, India before its restoration in the 19th century. After he left Bodh Gaya, Sariputra subsequently travelled to Nepal, Tibet and China.

Among his activities are the restoration of the Swayambhunath caitya in Kathmandu. Following this, he spent some time in Tibet where he helped to establish tantric lineages that had originated in India. What we know of Sariputra's life is recorded in his Tibetan and Chinese biographies. Along with Dhyānabhadra (1289–1363 CE), Vanaratna (1384-1468 CE) and Buddhaguptanātha (1514-1610 CE), Śāriputra is among the last recorded Indian Buddhist figures of the pre-modern era.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.