[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › People › Kūkai # Kūkai (空海) Founder of Japanese Shingon, who studied esoteric Buddhism and Sanskrit in Chang'an with Huiguo and the Indian Prajña (804–806). ## Works (2) - [御請來目錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2161) — Classical Chinese; 806 CE - [梵字悉曇字母并釋義](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.jp.heian.kukai.bonji-shittan-jimo) — Classical Chinese; 820 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/person/kukai](https://indike.org/pramana/person/kukai) · Pramāṇa