Punyamitra

Punyamitra
Title26th Indian Chan Patriarch
Died388 CE
Religious life
ReligionBuddhism
SchoolChan
Senior posting
PredecessorBashyashita
SuccessorPrajñātārā

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.

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