無叉羅

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Dictionary Definition:

Mokṣala, also 無羅叉 'A native of Kustana who laboured in China as a translator and introduced there a new alphabet (A. D. 291) for the transliteration of Sanskit.' Eitel.

Source: A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous