Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c4.s2.79

v1.c4.s2.79

To facilitate *sutra* translation, Chinese-Sanskrit dictionaries were compiled. For instance, Yijing compiled the *Fanyu Qianziwen* using Sanskrit to explain 1,000 Chinese characters. Similar to this were *Tangfan Wenzi* by Quanzhen, a monk in the Tang Dynasty and *Fanyu Zaming* by Liyan. Indian monks were also involved in compiling Chinese-Sanskrit dictionaries. The one-volume Tangfan Shuangyu Duidui Ji was compiled by Antatàbodha and Pragunamishash. These two Indian monks had been translating *sutras* in China for long but information about them was not recorded in any works of history.