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Kumārajīva: Works, Scholarly work & Life

Kumārajīva (Sanskrit: कुमारजीव; traditional Chinese: 鳩摩羅什; simplified Chinese: 鸠摩罗什; pinyin: Jiūmóluóshí; Wade–Giles: Chiu1 mo2 lo2 shih2, 344–413 CE) was a Buddhist monk, scholar, missionary and translator. from the Kingdom of Kucha (present-day Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, China). Kumārajīva is seen as one of the greatest translators of Chinese Buddhism…

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Kumārajīva topic overview

The analysis highlights Works, Scholarly work and Life as prominent areas in the source structure around Kumārajīva.

Related topics
87
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
98
Extracted relationships
232
Concept neighborhoods
29
Bridge connections
98

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 46 topics
Life · 21 topics
Scholarly work · 20 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Known for
Translation of Buddhist texts written in Sanskrit to Chinese, founder of the Sanlun school of Mahayana Buddhism
Born
344 CE Kingdom of Kucha (now Kuqa, China)
Died
413 CE (aged 68-69) Chang'an, Later Qin (now Xi'an, China)
Occupations
Buddhist monk, scholar, translator, and philosopher
Parent(s)
Kumārāyana, Jīva

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Life

Scholarly work

Sources

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Kumārajīva connects Entity context

The extracted context around Kumārajīva shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Kumārajīva → Abhinav Publications, Adaptation, American Presbyterian Mission Press, Ancient, Ancient India, APH Publishing Corporation, Asia Major, Basic Buddhism, BerkeleyHansen, BRILL, Buddhism, Buddhist Biographies, Buddhist Studies, California, Central Asia, Century, Chandra, China, Chinese Apocryphal Text, Chinese Buddhism Another extracted example is Kumārajīva → After, Being, Buddhist, CE, Chang'an, China, Chinese, Chinese Buddhist, During, Efforts, Emperor Fu Jian, Emperor Yao, Finally, Former Qin Dynasty, Fu Jian, Fu Jian's, However, In, Kucha, Kucha King's. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Kumārajīva

Top relations

related to Sources · 107
Kumārajīva → Abhinav Publications, Adaptation, American Presbyterian Mission Press, Ancient, Ancient India, APH Publishing Corporation, Asia Major, Basic Buddhism, BerkeleyHansen, BRILL, Buddhism, Buddhist Biographies, Buddhist Studies, California, Central Asia, Century, Chandra, China, Chinese Apocryphal Text, Chinese Buddhism
related to Capture, imprisonment and release · 32
Kumārajīva → After, Being, Buddhist, CE, Chang'an, China, Chinese, Chinese Buddhist, During, Efforts, Emperor Fu Jian, Emperor Yao, Finally, Former Qin Dynasty, Fu Jian, Fu Jian's, However, In, Kucha, Kucha King's
related to Chang'an and translation work · 24
Kumārajīva → According, At Chang'an, Buddhist, China, Chinese, Chinese Buddhism, Chinese Buddhists, Daorong, Daosheng, He, His, Kumarajiva, Kumārajīva's, Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa, National Preceptor, Paul Williams, Sanskrit Buddhist, Sarvāstivādins, Sengrui, Sengzhao
related to Early life · 22
Kumārajīva → After, Buddhist, CE, China, Himself, His, Indian, It, Jīva, Jīvaka, Kashmir, Kingdom, Kucha, Kuchan, Kuchean, Kumārajīva's, Kumārāyana, Kumārāyana's, Pamir Mountains, Tarim Basin
related to Original works and philosophy · 15
Kumārajīva → Another, Commentary, Dharma Master Kumārajīva, Jiumoluoshi, Kumārajīva's, Lushan Huiyuan, Mahayana, Nagarjuna, Shixiang, Taisho, Tattva, The Great Teaching, Treatise, Vimalakīrti-nirdesa-sūtra, Zhu Weimojie Jing
related to Influence · 13
Kumārajīva → According, Aside, Buddhism, China, Chinese Buddhists, Fan Muyou, Indian Madhyamaka, Kumārajīva's, Neo-Taoist Xuanxue, Rafal Felbur, Sengrui, Sengzhao, This
related to Translation · 9
Kumārajīva → Because, Buddhist, Buddhist Chinese, Chinese Buddhism, Confucian, Daoist, Kumārajīva's, Mahāyāna, Xuanzang
related to External links · 3
Kumārajīva → Internet Archive, Project GutenbergWorks, Works
Born · 1
Kumārajīva → 344 CE Kingdom of Kucha (now Kuqa, China)
Died · 1
Kumārajīva → 413 CE (aged 68-69) Chang'an, Later Qin (now Xi'an, China)

Important terminology

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Important terminology

chinese buddhist also translation buddhism kucha china later according sanskrit kumārajīva's chang'an translations team ce dhyāna texts text kumārāyana early

Kumārajīva relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 232 structured relationships around Kumārajīva. Examples in this analysis include Kumārajīva → Born → 344 CE Kingdom of Kucha (now Kuqa, China) and Kumārajīva → Died → 413 CE (aged 68-69) Chang'an, Later Qin (now Xi'an, China). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
KumārajīvaBorn344 CE Kingdom of Kucha (now Kuqa, China)1.00infobox
KumārajīvaDied413 CE (aged 68-69) Chang'an, Later Qin (now Xi'an, China)1.00infobox
KumārajīvaKnown forTranslation of Buddhist texts written in Sanskrit to Chinese, founder of the Sanlun school of Mahayana Buddhism1.00infobox
KumārajīvaOccupationsBuddhist monk, scholar, translator, and philosopher1.00infobox
KumārajīvaParent(s)Kumārāyana, Jīva1.00infobox
Kumārajīvais aJiumoluoshi fashi dayi0.90text
Xuanzang being regarded as being moreinstance ofwith later translators0.80text
Kumārajīvarelated to Capture, imprisonment and releaseIn0.60section
Kumārajīvarelated to Capture, imprisonment and releaseCE0.60section
Kumārajīvarelated to Capture, imprisonment and releaseKumārajīva's0.60section
Kumārajīvarelated to Capture, imprisonment and releaseChina0.60section
Kumārajīvarelated to Capture, imprisonment and releaseChinese Buddhist0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Kumārajīva bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Chinese, Kucha and Buddhist. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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  • kumārajīva
    • Chinese
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    • Translated
    • Buddhism
    • Would
    • Ce
  • traditional chinese
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    • Buddhist
    • Translation
    • Kumārajīva
    • Buddhism
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    • Translation
    • Kumārajīva
    • Buddhism
    • Text
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    • Chinese
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    • Sanskrit
    • Buddhism
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    • Translations
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  • chinese buddhism
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    • China
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    • Kumārajīva
    • Buddhism
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    • Chinese
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    • Translation
    • Kumārajīva
    • Buddhism
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    • Kumārāyana

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Kumārajīva, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Kumārajīva with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
KumārajīvaOverview · splits 52 ⟂ 47
KumārajīvaLife · splits 77 ⟂ 22
KumārajīvaScholarly work · splits 78 ⟂ 21
KumārajīvaSources · splits 91 ⟂ 8

Map overview Semantic statistics

Kumārajīva

Nodes99
Edges98
Triples232
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020202
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Kumārajīva to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Scholarly work & Life, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Kumārajīva · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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