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Prajñātārā, also known as Keyura, was the twenty-seventh Brahmin patriarch of Indian Buddhism according to Chan Buddhism and the head of the Sarvastivada sect of early Buddhist schools. She traveled around East India preaching Buddhism. Prajñātārā was Bodhidharma's teacher.
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Prajñātārā is stated to have been the student of Puṇyamitra, who said she was an incarnation of Mahasthamaprapta, a mahāsattva. She was ordained as a nun and was the head of the Sarvastivadins.
The Denkoroku by Keizan Jokin Zenji relates the following kōan, a legendary exchange between Prajñātārā and Bodhidharma.
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