Majjhantika

Majjhantika
Majjhantika
Personal
Born	Varanasi, India
Religion	Buddhism
Known for	Spreading Buddhism in Kashmir and Gandhara
Organization
Philosophy	Buddhism
Senior posting
Guru	Gautama Buddha

Majjhantika (also known as Madhyantika^[1]) was the Indian Buddhist monk of Varanasi who was deputed by Ashoka to spread Buddhism in the regions of Kashmir and Gandhara.^[2]^[3]

^ Willemen, C (2013). "XUANZANG ABOUT AVALOKITEŚVARA, JIBIN, AND MADHYĀNTIKA". Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. 94: 111–123. JSTOR 26493958.
^ Kumāra, Braja Bihārī (2007). India and Central Asia: Classical to Contemporary Periods. Concept Publishing Company. p. 66. ISBN 978-81-8069-457-8.
^ Hirakawa, Akira (1993). A History of Indian Buddhism: From Śākyamuni to Early Mahāyāna. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 87. ISBN 978-81-208-0955-0.

[Willemen2013-1] Willemen, C (2013). "XUANZANG ABOUT AVALOKITEŚVARA, JIBIN, AND MADHYĀNTIKA". Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. 94: 111–123. JSTOR 26493958.

[2] Kumāra, Braja Bihārī (2007). India and Central Asia: Classical to Contemporary Periods. Concept Publishing Company. p. 66. ISBN 978-81-8069-457-8.

[3] Hirakawa, Akira (1993). A History of Indian Buddhism: From Śākyamuni to Early Mahāyāna. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 87. ISBN 978-81-208-0955-0.

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