Buddhanandi

Buddhanandi ("Delight of the Buddha"), eighth patriarch in the Chan list, is named in the *Jǐngdé Chuándēng Lù* as the disciple of Vasumitra and teacher of Buddhamitra^[1]. He belongs to the legendary middle stratum of the lineage and is not securely attested outside Chan transmission-of-the-lamp literature. The traditional account describes a young brahmin from Kāmarūpa (modern Assam) recognized by Vasumitra during a teaching tour and brought into the lineage after a brief exchange.

Dumoulin notes that the names in this section of the list often appear in pairs whose etymologies are suggestive (here Buddhanandi paired with Buddhamitra: "Joy of the Buddha" and "Friend of the Buddha"), reflecting the literary character of the construction^[2].