1. Full ordination at Kucha

    · Royal Palace, Kucha, Tarim Basin, present-day Xinjiang, China

    Full ordination at Kucha
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    Back in Kucha, Kumārajīva received full monastic ordination in the royal palace at age twenty and continued Vinaya study with Vimalākṣa. Year is inferred from the reported birth year of 344 and age twenty. The royal palace's exact archaeological location is not established; coordinates represent Kucha.

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