Śāṇavāsa

Śāṇavāsa statue, Tây Phương Temple, Vietnam, 1794 AD

Śāṇavāsa (Śānakavāsin, Sambhūta Śāṇavāsi or Sanakavasa) was a disciple of Ananda, and is considered the fourth Indian Patriarch in Zen Buddhism after Shakyamuni, Mahakashyapa and Ananda.[1]

References

  1. ^ Beal, Samuel (2006). SI-YU-KI: Buddhist Records of the Western World. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 1-4286-4013-4.

Further reading

Buddhist titles
Preceded by Lineage of Buddhist patriarchs
(According to the Zen schools of China and Japan)
Succeeded by


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