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Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)Khotan (in Chinese: Yu-t'ien; Sanskrit: Kustana or Kusthana [?]) refers to one of the fifty-five kingdoms enumerated in chapter 17 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—In the Candragarbhasūtra, the Bhagavat invites all classes of Gods and Deities to protect the Law [dharma?] and the faithful in their respective districts.—In Khotan, the following deities are appointed (among others): The Devaputra Durjaya [?]; the Goddesses A-na-kin-cheou and T'o-nan-che-li; The king Pi-cha-men (Vaiśravaṇa).
Khotan (in Chinese: Kia-leou-ho) [Sanskrit: Kustana ?] is the name of an ancient kingdom associated with Kṛttikā or Kṛttikānakṣatra, as mentioned in chapter 18.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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Starts with: Khotana, Khotananya, Khotanata.
Full-text: Chu Shih-hsing, Vaishravana, Kushtana, Kumaralabha, Kusthana, Grihadevata, Durjaya, Kanishka, Krittika, Srong-btsan-sgam-po.
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Search found 18 books and stories containing Khotan; (plurals include: Khotans). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 21 - Country of Cho-kiu-kia (Chakuka? or Yarkiang) < [Book XII - Twenty-two Countries]
Introduction (b): Shih Fa-hian or Faxian (A.D. 400)
Chapter 11 - Country of P’o-lo-hih-mo-pu-lo (Brahmapura) < [Book IV - Fifteen Countries]
Sūtra of the Great Vow of Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva
Linguistic observations in Tarim Basin oasis towns, 1st millennium CE. < [Volume 80 (2020)]
Review of Oskar von Hinüber's Collected Works on Pāli Buddhism < [Volume 71 (2010)]
Judaeo-Persica II: The Jewish-Persian law report from Ahwaz, A. D. 1020 < [Volume 29 (1964)]
The travels of Fa-Hian (400 A.D.) (by Samuel Beal)
The Great Buddhist Emperors of Asia (by Shibani Dutta)