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A list of all pages that have property "EncodedBio" with value "Buddhist+%C3%A9migr%C3%A9+%C4%81carya+who+played+a+major+role+in+the+introduction+and+translation+of+seminal+Buddhist+texts+belonging+to+the+esoteric+tradition+or+mijiao.+His+birthplace+is+uncertain%2C+but+many+sources+allude+to+his+ties+to+Central+Asia.+Accompanying+his+teacher+Vajrabodhi%2C+Amoghavajra+arrived+in+the+Chinese+capital+of+Chang%27an+in+720%E2%80%931+and+spent+most+of+his+career+in+that+cosmopolitan+city.+In+741%2C+following+the+death+of+his+mentor%2C+Amoghavajra+made+an+excursion+to+India+and+Sri+Lanka+with+the+permission+of+the+Tang-dynasty+emperor+and+returned+in+746+with+new+Buddhist+texts%2C+many+of+them+esoteric+scriptures.+Amoghavajra%27s+influence+on+the+Tang+court+reached+its+peak+when+he+was+summoned+by+the+emperor+to+construct+an+abhi%E1%B9%A3eka%2C+or+consecration%2C+altar+on+his+behalf.+Amoghavajra%27s+activities+in+Chang%27an+were+interrupted+by+the+An+Lushan+rebellion+%28655%E2%80%93763%29%2C+but+after+the+rebellion+was+quelled%2C+he+returned+to+his+work+at+the+capital+and+established+an+inner+chapel+for+homa+rituals+and+abhi%E1%B9%A3eka+in+the+imperial+palace.+He+was+later+honored+by+the+emperor+with+the+purple+robe%2C+the+highest+honor+for+a+Buddhist+monk+and+the+rank+of+third+degree.+Along+with+Xuanzang%2C+Amoghavajra+was+one+of+the+most+prolific+translators+and+writers+in+the+history+of+Chinese+Buddhism.+Among+the+many+texts+he+translated+into+Chinese%2C+especially+important+are+the+%27%27Sarvatath%C4%81gatasa%E1%B9%83graha%27%27+and+the+%27%27Bhadracar%C4%ABpra%E1%B9%87idh%C4%81na%27%27.+%28Source%3A+%22Amoghavajra.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+36.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29". Since there have been only a few results, also nearby values are displayed.

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Amoghavajra + (Buddhist+%C3%A9migr%C3%A9+%C4%81carya+who+ … Buddhist+%C3%A9migr%C3%A9+%C4%81carya+who+played+a+major+role+in+the+introduction+and+translation+of+seminal+Buddhist+texts+belonging+to+the+esoteric+tradition+or+mijiao.+His+birthplace+is+uncertain%2C+but+many+sources+allude+to+his+ties+to+Central+Asia.+Accompanying+his+teacher+Vajrabodhi%2C+Amoghavajra+arrived+in+the+Chinese+capital+of+Chang%27an+in+720%E2%80%931+and+spent+most+of+his+career+in+that+cosmopolitan+city.+In+741%2C+following+the+death+of+his+mentor%2C+Amoghavajra+made+an+excursion+to+India+and+Sri+Lanka+with+the+permission+of+the+Tang-dynasty+emperor+and+returned+in+746+with+new+Buddhist+texts%2C+many+of+them+esoteric+scriptures.+Amoghavajra%27s+influence+on+the+Tang+court+reached+its+peak+when+he+was+summoned+by+the+emperor+to+construct+an+abhi%E1%B9%A3eka%2C+or+consecration%2C+altar+on+his+behalf.+Amoghavajra%27s+activities+in+Chang%27an+were+interrupted+by+the+An+Lushan+rebellion+%28655%E2%80%93763%29%2C+but+after+the+rebellion+was+quelled%2C+he+returned+to+his+work+at+the+capital+and+established+an+inner+chapel+for+homa+rituals+and+abhi%E1%B9%A3eka+in+the+imperial+palace.+He+was+later+honored+by+the+emperor+with+the+purple+robe%2C+the+highest+honor+for+a+Buddhist+monk+and+the+rank+of+third+degree.+Along+with+Xuanzang%2C+Amoghavajra+was+one+of+the+most+prolific+translators+and+writers+in+the+history+of+Chinese+Buddhism.+Among+the+many+texts+he+translated+into+Chinese%2C+especially+important+are+the+%27%27Sarvatath%C4%81gatasa%E1%B9%83graha%27%27+and+the+%27%27Bhadracar%C4%ABpra%E1%B9%87idh%C4%81na%27%27.+%28Source%3A+%22Amoghavajra.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+36.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29ww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29)