Padmākaravarma was an eleventh century Kashmiri paṇḍita. He may have been a student of Atiśa Dīpaṃkara (c.982-1054) He was a teacher to Rinchen Zangpo (rin chen bzang po, 958-1055), with whom he worked on several translations of Indian works into Tibetan. These include the first Tibetan translation of the Cakrasaṃvara, the well-known Fifty Stanzas on the Guru (Gurupancasika; bla ma lnga bcu pa) written by Aśvaghoṣa, and the Mahāvairocanābhudambidhisambaddhipūjāvidhi, a ritual text related to the Mahāvairocanābhudambidhi that was written by Śrībhadranandana.
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Six Kagyu Teachers With Lineage
An important early Kagyu painting, possibly the earliest known depiction of the First Karmapa. The lineage depicted is likely the Shri Saraha Hevajra that passed into Tibet through Zhang Yudrakpa.
Bibliography
Luczanits, Christian. “Siddhas, Hierarchs, and Lineages: Three Examples for Dating Tibetan Art.” In Mirror of the Buddha, Early Portraits from Tibet, edited by David Paul Jackson. Masterworks of Tibetan Painting Series, New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2011: 170–203, 214–218.