实叉难陀

Śikṣānanda. A (sa) śramaṇa of Kustana (Khotan) who in A.D. 695 introduced a new alphabet into China and translated nineteen works; the Empress Wu invited him to bring a complete copy of the <Huayan sūtra> to Luoyang; sixteen works in the present collection are assigned to him. Also 施乞叉難陀.