An Shih-kao
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An Shih-kao
安世高 (n.d.) (PY An Shigao; Jpn An-seiko)
A priest from Parthia in western Asia who was active in China as a translator in the latter part of the second century. Born the crown prince of Parthia, he renounced secular life and studied Buddhism. After traveling through several kingdoms to propagate Buddhist teachings, he went to Lo-yang in China in 148, where he translated thirty-four Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit into Chinese over a period of twenty-some years. "An" in his name is an abbreviation of An-hsi, the Chinese name for Parthia.
