Punyamitra

Punyamitra
Punyamitra
Title	26th Indian Chan Patriarch
Personal
Died	388 CE
Religion	Buddhism
School	Chan
Senior posting
Predecessor	Bashyashita
Successor	Prajñātārā

Punyamitra was the 26th Indian Patriarch of Chan Buddhism. A legendary figure, little information about him exists outside of Buddhist hagiographic texts. He is estimated to have died late in the 4th Century CE.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Schlegel, G. "Names of the 33 First Buddhist Patriarchs." T'oung Pao, vol. 8, no. 3, 1897, pp. 341–342. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4525290.

[Schlegel-1] Schlegel, G. "Names of the 33 First Buddhist Patriarchs." T'oung Pao, vol. 8, no. 3, 1897, pp. 341–342. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4525290.

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