Bodhisena
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Bodhisena (Sanskrit बोधिसेन Chinese and Japanese 菩提僊那) (704 - 760) scholar-monk. He visited Japan, on the invitation of Emperor Shōmu, to Sanskrit and Huayan Buddhism in many Japanese monasteries. Bodhisena resided in Daian-ji, Nara, for the rest of his life. His trip to Japan has started in 723, via today Cambodia and Vietnam, arriving in August 736. In 752, he was asked by Emperor Shōmu to perform the eye-opening of the Great Buddha built in Tōdai-ji.
After his visit to Mount Tomi (Nara), Bodhisena petitioned the emperor to name the prayers' hall there Ryōsen-ji (霊山寺), as he found the place to strongly resemble the mountain in India where Buddha preached, known as Vulture Peak, or Ryoujusen (霊鷲山) in Japanese. Bodhisena was buried on this mountain, following his wish, when he died.