Śāṇavāsa

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} thumb|Śāṇavāsa statue, Tây Phương Temple, Vietnam, 1794 AD '''Śāṇavāsa''' ('''Śānakavāsin''', '''Sambhūta Śāṇavāsi''' or '''Sanakavasa''') was a disciple of Ananda, and is considered the fourth Indian Patriarch in Chan/Zen Buddhism after Shakyamuni, Mahakashyapa and Ananda.<ref>{{cite book| last =Beal| first =Samuel| author-link =Samuel Beal| title =SI-YU-KI: Buddhist Records of the Western World| publisher =Kessinger Publishing| year =2006| isbn = 1-4286-4013-4}}</ref>

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==Further reading== *{{cite book|editor1-last=Buswell|editor1-first=Robert Jr|editor2-last=Lopez|editor2-first=Donald S. Jr.|editor1-link=Robert Buswell Jr.|editor2-link=Donald S. Lopez Jr.|title=Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Śānakavāsin)|date=2013|page=766|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=Princeton, NJ|isbn=9780691157863}}

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Category:Chan patriarchs Category:Indian Buddhist monks Category:Early Buddhism Category:Arhats

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