Sen, Revival, p. 51. A former prince of Middle India. He came to China in 971, accompanied by a returning Chinese monk. He accumulated a great deal of wealth from donations, but didn't use his wealth for his own purposes.
Went to China in 975 (971?) along with some Chinese pilgrims. He stayed at K'ai-feng, a monastery called Ta-hsiang-kuo. His wealth made the Chinese monks jealous, so the schemed to make him go back to India. (The court monks felt a certain amount of competition with the Indian teachers.) He left China in 978. Jan, Relations, pp. 136, 145-146.
A questionable Sanskritization of Miao-te. An Indian monk who came to the Chinese court in 1015 CE. Jan, Relations, p. 154.
