Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c12.s1.t1.28

v2.c12.s1.t1.28

Dynasty (541-604 CE) was fostered in a nunnery in his childhood. His teachers were nuns and he was named "Nryana". There were many cases among common people where monks were asked to give names for children after their birth in order to bring up which was known as "adopted Buddhist name"