(abbreviation) Lokaksema (born c. 147 CE), a Kushan Buddhist monk from the Yuezhi kingdom who traveled to Luoyang during the Eastern Han Dynasty and became the first known monk to translate Mahayana scriptures into Chinese; known for works such as the "Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra" and for his collaboration with 竺朔佛zhúshuòfó
