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Śramaṇa Jñānayaśas, here translated as Zangcheng (Glorious Treasury), was a native of the country of Magadha. Together with his two disciples, Yaśogupta and Jñānagupta, from the fourth year of Baoding of Emperor Wu of the Zhou, the cyclical year Jiashen, to the first year of Jiande, he translated for Grand Preceptor Yuwen Hu, the Duke of Jindang, at Sitianwang Monastery in Chang'an: the Sūtra of the Questions of the Devaputra Sthiramati (5 fascicles); the Mahāyāna Samatā Sūtra (4 fascicles); the Sūtra on Entering the Inconceivable Wisdom of the Tathāgatas (3 fascicles); the Ratnakūṭa Sūtra (3 fascicles); the Sūtra of the Uṣṇīṣa Spell and Its Efficacy (1 fascicle); and the Sūtra of the Great Cloud Wheel, One Hundredth Chapter: Requesting Rain (1 fascicle). In total, there were six works in seventeen fascicles. The śramaṇas Yuanming and Daobian, together with Xiao Ji, Duke of Chengyang, and others served as scribes. Hou Shou, Pillar of State and Duke of Pinggao, was the supervisor and examiner.