Marananta
| Marananta | |
| Hangul | 마라난타 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 摩羅難陀 |
| Revised Romanization | Marananta |
| McCune–Reischauer | Maranant'a |
Malananta (fl. late 4th century) was a Buddhist monk from Gandhara,[1][2] in modern day Pakistan, that brought Buddhism to the southern Korean peninsula in the 4th century CE.
Multiple romanizations of Malananta's name may be found, including Malananda, Maranant'a and Maalaananda. He was among the first to bring Buddhist teaching, or Dharma, to Korea. The Samguk Yusa records him as the one who brought Buddhism to Baekje, along with Sundo in Goguryeo and Ado in Silla.[3]
Malananta came to Baekje from Jin in the ninth lunar month of 384, the coronation year of King Chimnyu.[4] Two months before Malananta's arrival, King Chimnyu had sent a tribute mission to Jìn, as was common upon the ascension of Baekje kings in this period.
There are only scant mentions of Malananta in historical records.
Notes
- ↑ Nadiem, Ihsan (2003). Buddhist Gandhara: history, art and architecture. Sang-e-Meel.
- ↑ "Pakistan's Gandhara ruins to receive Korea's Buddhists". Korea Herald. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ↑ "Malananta bring Buddhism to Baekje" in Samguk Yusa III, Ha & Mintz translation, pp. 178-179.
- ↑ "Chimnyu-wang," in Samguk Sagi, Baekje Bon-gi 2.
References
- Ilyon (tr. by Tae-Hung Ha & Grafton K. Mintz). Samguk Yusa: Legends and history of the Three Kingdoms of ancient Korea. Seoul: Yonsei University Press. ISBN 89-7141-017-5.
External links
- —A detailed article on the history of Korean Buddhism, including multiple images of Korean Buddhist art and a substantial bibliography.