Yijing (義淨)

Chinese monk who sailed to India via Śrīvijaya (671), studied at Nālandā for ten years, and wrote the Record of Buddhist practice sent home from the Southern Sea and the Biographies of eminent monks who sought the Dharma in the Western Regions.

Works (3)

• 南海寄歸內法傳 — Classical Chinese; 691 CE
• 大唐西域求法高僧傳 — Classical Chinese; 691 CE
• 梵語千字文 — Classical Chinese; 704 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised