于阗

(于闐, 于阗)

[lang id =1028]于遁; [lang id =1028]于殿; [lang id =1028]于塡; [lang id =1028]谿丹; [lang id =1028]屈丹; [lang id =1028]和闐; [lang id =1028]澳那; [lang id =1028]瞿薩憺那 Kustana, or Khotan, in Turkestan, the principal centre of Central Asian Buddhism until the Moslem invasion. Buddhism was introduced there about 200 B.C. or earlier. It was the centre from which is credited the spread of Mahayanism, v. [lang id =1028]西城記 12.