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Text Fa Hien reached Khotan in 401 CE. He found "several myriads" of monks, some mahayana and some hinayana. There were four "great" monasteries and many smaller ones. He stayed in a monastery named Gomati (rich in cows), which had three thousand monks, all mahayana. Another prominent monastery was called "King's New Monastery" was just outside the capital. His party was there for three months and observed a great procession of images from various monasteries.
See Fa-Hsien, A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms, James Legge (trans.), (New York: Paragon Book Reprint Corp. reprinted edition, 1965). p. 12-16.
Gomati. A monastery in Kustana [= Khotan]. Src: Eitel (1888:60)
Input by: tmciolek, Feb 27 2009
The Khotan area was under strong influence of the Mahayana tradition - Foltz (1999:39,48)
Hotan, China Page
Other names: Ho-tien-hsien, Ho-t'ien-chen, Khotan, Ho-t'ien
World:China:Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
Latitude 37.0997 Longitude 79.9269
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Hotan.html
Input by: tmciolek, Mar 4, 2009
Final data (and their sources)
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 20 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Gomati monastery, China.
lat=37.0997 long=79.9269
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://maps.fallingrain.com), 2009.
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Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Gomati monastery - Eitel (1888:60)
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- China:Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 37.0997 Long 79.9269 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Hotan.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Dirghabhavana monastery, (near) Hotan, Xinjiang, CN
- Ravak monastery, (near) Hotan, Xinjiang, CN
- Samadjna monastery, (towards) Hotan, Xinjiang, CN
- King's New Monastery. Approximately 5 miles outside Khotan, as observed by Fa-Hien in 401 CE. 4000 resident monks.
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Ho-t'ien - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Hotan.html
- Ho-t'ien-chen - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Hotan.html
- Ho-tien-hsien - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Hotan.html
- Khotan - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Hotan.html
- Kustana - Eitel (1888:50)
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly Lat 37.0997 Long 79.9269 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Hotan.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Mahayana - Foltz (1999:39,48)
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
- 400 CE. Fa-Hien the Chinese pilgrim visited.
12. Date-intermediate
- 7th century, Hsuangzang visited
13. Date-late
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14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- pilgrim accounts
16. Additional notes
- Fa-Hien says that 3,000 monks live in this monastery.
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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