See Kucha on Wiktionary
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J. Dwyer, editor, China Now: an Introductory Survey with Readings, Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 274:", "text": "Responsibility for this control was in the hands of the Hsi-an Military Governor situated at what was called Chiu-tzu, the present-day K'u-ch'e (Kucha) in the southern piedmont of the T'ien Shan southwest of Urumchi.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2018, Benoy K Behl, “Preface and Acknowledgements”, in Buddhism: The Path of Compassion, Publications Division, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://archive.org/details/buddhismpathofco00beno/page/n8/:", "text": "Meanwhile, the photography and research of Buddhist sites in the other countries of Asia was taken up. One of the most exciting journeys was two months across the length of China and from Central to Western Tibet. For long, I had heard about the Kizil Caves, next to Kucha, on the Northern Silk Route in Western China. Kucha is where Kumarajiva was born to Princess Jiva and the Kashmiri Pandit Kumarayana. He was taken to Kashmir for thirteen years by his mother, where he learnt Sanskrit and studied Buddhist scriptures. On his return, he became the most famous translator of Buddhist scriptures in Kucha. It is said that China attacked and annexed Kucha because of the importance of Kumarajiva. Today, there is a modern statue of Kumarajiva in front of the Kizil Caves. The art of the caves displays the influences coming from India in the First Millennium CE.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2020 August 18, John Sudworth, “China defends detention of Uighur model in Xinjiang”, in BBC, archived from the original on 2020-08-17:", "text": "Although Mr Ghappar had spent years in Foshan - where friends and relatives say he made good money modelling clothes - he was taken back to his city of birth of Kucha in Xinjiang.\nWe showed the Chinese government statement to Merdan Ghappar's uncle, Abdulhakim Ghappar, who now lives in the Netherlands after leaving Xinjiang in 2011.\n\"If the police wanted to arrange help to get him resettled for work or something, they should have helped him in Foshan because he is working there, he has a house there,\" he told me.\n\"So, he shouldn't have been sent back to Kucha by force.\"...\nJames Millward from Georgetown University, an expert on China's policies in Xinjiang, provided a translation and analysis of Mr Ghappar's text messages alongside the original BBC article.\n\"It's interesting that nothing in the Xinjiang government's response addresses the description of conditions in the Kucha local police station; the overcrowding, the beatings, the unsanitary conditions, the sharing of eight sets of eating utensils by 50-60 people,\" he told me.\n\"Regardless of why Merdan was put in detention in Kucha, his description of those conditions, especially during the pandemic, are very disturbing.\"", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Alternative form of Kuqa" ], "id": "en-Kucha-en-name-YNzekCXK", "links": [ [ "Kuqa", "Kuqa#English" ] ], "tags": [ "alt-of", "alternative" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "enpr": "ko͞ochäʹ" } ], "wikipedia": [ "Kucha" ], "word": "Kucha" } { "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "gmw-ecg", "2": "noun" }, "expansion": "Kucha", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "East Central German", "lang_code": "gmw-ecg", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "East Central German entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 2 entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Silesian East Central German", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "cake" ], "id": "en-Kucha-gmw-ecg-noun-Ms22GRli", "links": [ [ "cake", "cake" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Silesian) cake" ], "related": [ { "word": "Sträselkucha" } ], "tags": [ "Silesian" ] } ], "word": "Kucha" }
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J. Dwyer, editor, China Now: an Introductory Survey with Readings, Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 274:", "text": "Responsibility for this control was in the hands of the Hsi-an Military Governor situated at what was called Chiu-tzu, the present-day K'u-ch'e (Kucha) in the southern piedmont of the T'ien Shan southwest of Urumchi.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2018, Benoy K Behl, “Preface and Acknowledgements”, in Buddhism: The Path of Compassion, Publications Division, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://archive.org/details/buddhismpathofco00beno/page/n8/:", "text": "Meanwhile, the photography and research of Buddhist sites in the other countries of Asia was taken up. One of the most exciting journeys was two months across the length of China and from Central to Western Tibet. For long, I had heard about the Kizil Caves, next to Kucha, on the Northern Silk Route in Western China. Kucha is where Kumarajiva was born to Princess Jiva and the Kashmiri Pandit Kumarayana. He was taken to Kashmir for thirteen years by his mother, where he learnt Sanskrit and studied Buddhist scriptures. On his return, he became the most famous translator of Buddhist scriptures in Kucha. It is said that China attacked and annexed Kucha because of the importance of Kumarajiva. Today, there is a modern statue of Kumarajiva in front of the Kizil Caves. The art of the caves displays the influences coming from India in the First Millennium CE.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2020 August 18, John Sudworth, “China defends detention of Uighur model in Xinjiang”, in BBC, archived from the original on 2020-08-17:", "text": "Although Mr Ghappar had spent years in Foshan - where friends and relatives say he made good money modelling clothes - he was taken back to his city of birth of Kucha in Xinjiang.\nWe showed the Chinese government statement to Merdan Ghappar's uncle, Abdulhakim Ghappar, who now lives in the Netherlands after leaving Xinjiang in 2011.\n\"If the police wanted to arrange help to get him resettled for work or something, they should have helped him in Foshan because he is working there, he has a house there,\" he told me.\n\"So, he shouldn't have been sent back to Kucha by force.\"...\nJames Millward from Georgetown University, an expert on China's policies in Xinjiang, provided a translation and analysis of Mr Ghappar's text messages alongside the original BBC article.\n\"It's interesting that nothing in the Xinjiang government's response addresses the description of conditions in the Kucha local police station; the overcrowding, the beatings, the unsanitary conditions, the sharing of eight sets of eating utensils by 50-60 people,\" he told me.\n\"Regardless of why Merdan was put in detention in Kucha, his description of those conditions, especially during the pandemic, are very disturbing.\"", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Alternative form of Kuqa" ], "links": [ [ "Kuqa", "Kuqa#English" ] ], "tags": [ "alt-of", "alternative" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "enpr": "ko͞ochäʹ" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "Kʻučʻa", "sense": "ancient Buddhist kingdom of Central Asia", "word": "Քուչա" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "Kùchē", "sense": "ancient Buddhist kingdom of Central Asia", "word": "库车" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "Qiūcí", "sense": "ancient Buddhist kingdom of Central Asia", "word": "龟兹" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "Kuča", "sense": "ancient Buddhist kingdom of Central Asia", "word": "Куча" } ], "wikipedia": [ "Kucha" ], "word": "Kucha" }
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