Kaniṣka，屬於月氏族。基祖於中央亞細亞領富強之國土，至王勢威更張，新創建健駄羅王國，領地，西自大夏Bactra之境，東殆達於恒河，北總葱嶺，南及信度Shindu河口，占阿育王以後不見其例之廣大領土。其初不信罪福，輕侮佛法，後發正信深歸依於佛法，注其全力，弘宣佛教，為古來外護者，與阿育王併稱，其功之顯著者，結集佛典也。王出世年代古來有種種異論，而非一致，今尚模糊。眾說彷徨於紀元前一世紀至後一世紀之間，而無越之者，今暫以西域記佛國記所傳從佛滅四百年頃之出世說（王歸佛有由釋尊懸記之傳說，出西域記二）。
(迦膩伽) Kaniṣka, king of 月支 theYuezhi, i.e. of Tukhāra and the Indo-Scythians, ruler of Gandhāra innorthern Punjab, who conquered northern India and as far as Bactria. Hebecame a patron of Buddhism, the greatest after Aśoka. His date is vaiouslygiven; Keith says 'probably at the close of the first century A.D. ' It isalso put at A.D. 125-165. He convoked 'the third (or fourth) synod' inKashmir, of 500 leading monks, under the presidency of 世友Vasumitra, whenthe canon was revised and settled; this he is said to have had engraved onbrass and placed in a stūpa.