Śāṇavāsa

Śāṇavāsa (Śānakavāsin, Sambhūta Śāṇavāsi or Sanakavasa) was a disciple of Ananda, and is considered the third Indian Patriarch in Zen Buddhism.[1]

Sanavasa

References
  1. Beal, Samuel (2006). SI-YU-KI: Buddhist Records of the Western World. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 1-4286-4013-4.

Further reading
  • Buswell, Robert Jr; Lopez, Donald S. Jr., eds. (2013). Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Śānakavāsin). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 766. ISBN 9780691157863.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Buddhist titles
Preceded by
Ananda		 Lineage of Buddhist patriarchs
(According to the Zen schools of China and Japan)		 Succeeded by
Upagupta
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