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... Five audio recordings of oral histories of Topgye, Trinle Chodron's brother, are available at: https://lccn.loc.gov/2020706008

[16] Transcending the Confines of Traditional Male-Dominated Society in Old Tibet", Shadow Tibet (blog), December 31, 2020, https://www.jamyangnorbu.com/blog/2020/12/31/transcending-the-confines-of-traditional-male-dominated-society-in-old-tibet. ...

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... From Geshe Nyarawa Dondrub (dge bshes gnya' ra ba don grub), he received teachings on all the Kadampa (bka' gdams pa) instructions, Maitreya's five treatises, and the Abhidharma-samuccaya (Toh

... Amoghavajra was known as "the Lesser Vajrāsana (rdo rje ldan pa chung ba), in contrast to his teacher, the Great Vajrāsana (rdo rje ldan pa chen po), Ratnākaragupta. (A third teacher, Lalitavajra, is known to Tibetan historians as the "middle Vajrāsana.") Rinchen Drak received numerous tantric empowerments and instructions on sutras, including the Ratnakūṭa (Toh

... 44-45) the Avataṁsaka (Toh

... 44-45), and the Samādhirāja (Toh

... The colophon to The Maṇḍala Ritual of Blue-Robed Vajrapaṇi (Toh

... With Amoghavajra he translated Amoghapāśahṛdayasūtra (Toh

Notable titles in the Tengyur include the Gurūpadeśa (Toh

... With Atulyavajra, in Kathmandu, he translated Bhavabhadra's Śrīcakrasaṃvarapañjikā (Toh

... With Tathāgatarakṣita, he translated that paṇḍita's own composition, Yoginīsaṃcāryanibandha (Toh

... 1422), as well as Kumāracandra's vajrabhairavatantrapañjikā (Toh

While still serving as head of Sakya, Bari traveled to Toling Monastery (mtho lding) in Ngari, where he translated several texts, including Tathāgatarakṣita's Vajrasattvasādhanabhāṣya (Toh ...

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... Among the texts they translated together were Ratnākaraśānti's Vajratārāsādhana (Toh

... 1324) and Buddhaśrījñāna's Jinamārgāvatāra (Toh

... With Śākyaśrībhadra, Chak translated Abhayākaragupta's Bodhipaddhati-nāma (Toh

... The colophon reads: "I, Chak Lotsāwa bhikṣu Drachom of central Tibet, studied this text from Kashmir abbot Śākyaśrībhadra and translated into Tibetan."[2] Another text they translated together was Abhayākaragupta's Bodhisattvasaṃvaragrahaṇavidhi (Toh ...

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While recovering in Nepal he received a request from Sakya Paṇḍita to send him a manuscript of Amṛtakaṇika (Toh

... With these two paṇḍitas he also translated Paṇḍita Nāgabuddhi's P0AT0018 Karmāntavibhaṅga (Toh

... Working with Paṇḍita Ratnarakṣita, he translated Abhayākaragupta's Svādhiṣṭhānakramopadeśa (Toh

... Additionally, in Kyirong, he collaborated with Revendra to translate Śrīdharasena's Śrī-raktayamārisādhana (Toh

... Chak edited Sarvajñaśrībhadra's Tibetan translation of Abhayākaragupta's Niṣpannayogāvalī (Toh ...

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... Śākyaśrībhadra taught him sūtras and tantras such as the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā (Toh

With Śākyaśrībhadra, Chel translated the paṇḍita's Vajrapādagarbhasaṃgraha-nāma (Toh

... 1390), or Essence of Vajra Words (rdo rje'i tshig gi snying po bsdus pa) and his own commentary on it, Vajrapādagarbhasaṃgraha-nāma-pañjikā (Toh

... They also translated Nāropa's similarly titled Hevajra commentary, Vajrapādasārasaṃgrahapañjikā (Toh

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[17] https://www.dechencholing.org/the-passing-of-lady-konchok/

[24] The Asia Journal of Thomas Merton, quoted in https://www.chronicleproject.com/christian-buddhist-dialogue/

[29] https://www.dechencholing.org/the-passing-of-lady-konchok/

[84] https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/pema-chodron-shambhala/

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... The monastery was selected because of its connection with the the Sixth Paṇchen Lama (paN chen bla ma 06, 1738–1780): it was originally built by order of the emperor Shunzhi (1638–1661) of the Qing dynasty in 1651 for the 1652 visit of the Fifth Dalai Lama (ta la'i bla ma 05, 1617–1682), and was the residence of Sixth Paṇchen Lama during his visit in the late seventeenth century ...

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During Sangda Dorji's childhood years, he attended the Nyarongsha private school (nyag rong shag slob grwa), one of several secular schools in Lhasa

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[20] Personal communication from Tibetan doctor and astrologer Erik Jampa Andersson (www.shrimala.com): The five components (lnga bsdus) refer to the days of the week, lunar days, lunar mansions, yoga, and karaṇa (gza' tshes skar sbyor byed pa lnga)

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... In Tibet and Nepal, he translated nearly seventy tantric texts with South Asian Buddhist masters such as GayadhāraPrajñendraruci, also known as Viravajra, the Ceylonese yogini Candramāla, Ratnavajra, Ratnaśrīimitra and possibly Prajñāgupta as well. ...

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... 142; https://khyentsefoundation.org/story/gerard-godet-a-modern-patron-of-the-buddhadharma/

... 13; Delage; Guillebaud; Khewang Lama; https://www.dudjomtersar.org/about-us ...

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... The first known translations of compositions credited to her were executed by Atiśa Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna (982–1054) sometime during the early eleventh century.[3] ...

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At the age of sixty-one, in fire-horse year of the ninth sexagenary cycle, the year 1546, Gendun Tashi was invited to Chamdo Jampa Ling and enthroned to the seat of abbot

... Gendun Tashi was posthumously given the title of the Second Lelung Jedrung, and the fourteenth-century Kadampa master Grubchen Lekyi Dorje (grub chen las kyi rdo rje, 1326-1401) was numbered as the first. ...

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He then studied under the Fifth Karmapa Dezhin Shekpa (karma pa 05 de bzhin gshegs pa, 1384-1415) from whom he initially received the bodhicitta vows

Zhonnu Pel served as a translator for the Indian Paṇḍit Vanaratna, known in Tibetan as Paṇchen Nakyi Rinchen (ba na rat+na; pan chen nags kyi rin chen, 1384-1468), when he visited and toured Tibet, thus earning the title Lotsāwa, or translator.

... Among his important disciples were the Seventh Karmapa, Chodrak Gyatso (karma pa 07 chos grags rgya mtsho, 1454-1506); the Fourth Zhamar, Chodrak Yeshe (zhwa dmar 04 chos grags ye shes, 1453-1524); Trimkhang Lotsāwa Sonam Gyatso (khrims khang lo tsA ba bsod nams rgya mtsho, 1424-1482); Minyakpa Dorje Sengge (mi nyag pa rdo rje seng+ge, b.1462); the Second Drukchen, Kunga Peljor ('brug chen 02 kun dga' dpal 'byor, 1428-1476); and Dzongchungpa Jampa Dorje Gyeltsen (rdzong chung pa byams pa rdo rje rgyal mtshan, 1424-1498). ...

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[9] For an English translation see https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/gyarong-khandro/wisdom-dakini-prayer

[10] For an English translation see https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/jamyang-khyentse-chokyi-lodro/prayer-to-gyarong-khandro

[11] For an English translation see https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/jamyang-khyentse-chokyi-lodro/letter-to-gyarong-khandro ...

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[30] https://tsintamani.org/bio

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He studied a great range of topics from the sutras and tantras, as well as general subjects under a number of distinguished teachers including the nineteenth abbot of Śrī Siṃha College (shrI sing+ha bshad drwa), Zhenpen Chokyi Nangwa (gzhan phan chos kyi snang ba, 1871-1927); the sixteenth abbot of Śrī Siṃha, Adro'i Khenchen Sonam Chophel (a gro'i mkhan chen bsod nams chos phel, d.u.); and the twentieth abbot of Śrī Siṃha, Pema Tekchok Loden (pad+ma theg mchog blo ldan, 1879-1955) ...

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[19] https://www.tuvaonline.ru/2003/09/08/posvyaszenie-kalachakry.html

[27] https://www.dalailama.com/news/2023/preliminary-procedures-for-the-chakrasamvara-empowerment

[28] http://baabar.mn/article/dchoijamts-x-bogd-bol-burkhanii-shashnii-ertuntsud-aguu-uil-buteekh-gegeenten-yum; https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/04/world/asia/mongolia-tibetan-buddhism-bogd.html

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... Under the guidance of Kenchen Rinpoche Dondrub Pel, he studied Nāgārjuna's Root Verses of the Middle Way (Mūlamadhyamakakārikā; dbu ma rtsa ba'i shes rab, Toh

... Subsequently, from this Lopon Jamyang Chokyi Dorje, he learned the Five Treatises of Maitreya (byams chos lnga), Dharmakīrti's Ascertainment of Valid Cognition (pramāṇaviniścaya; tshad ma rnam nges, Toh

... From Khenchen Kunga Wozer (mkhan chen kun dga' 'od zer), who had been a disciple of the Third Karmapa, he received many empowerments, including that of the Vajramāla Tantra (rdo rje phreng ba, Toh

After training in the Nyingma teachings for many years, he may have met with Karmapa Rolpai Dorje, who lavished him with instructions on the Four Dharmas of Nāropa and teachings on Bhāvaviveka's Blaze of Reasoning (tarkajvālā; dbu ma rtog ge 'bar ba, Toh ...

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... https://www.lotsawahouse.org/indian-masters/vajrayudha/praise-to-manjushri

... Lotsawa House, 2004.  https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/jamyang-khyentse-wangpo/manjushri-few-remarks ...

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... Four years later, in 1616, he was made the abbot of Rinchenling (rin chen gling) at the age of forty-three, and then the abbot of Sangpu Monastery at the age of forty-seven, in 1620

... He also performed as the chief lama, or abbot of Kyormolung (skyor mo lung), Sang Ngag Khar (gsang sngags mkhar), Wolkha Dzingchi ('o kha rdzing spyi) monasteries ...

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... In June 1980 he visited Cambridge, Massachusetts, and established a dharma center there, Shakya Shei-Drub Ling.[59] Back in Seattle in September, 1980, Dezhung Rinpoche met with T ...

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[2] Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro's writings contain a prayer composed at Khenpo Tsewang Gyurme's behest, for an English translation of which see https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/jamyang-khyentse-chokyi-lodro/prayer-for-yakze-tsewang-gyurme

... 174 and the biography of Khandro Tsering Chodron.

[6] For English translations see https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/jamyang-khyentse-chokyi-lodro/pema-lingpa-guru-yoga and https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/jamyang-khyentse-chokyi-lodro/falling-elixir-of-blessings

[7] For an English translation see https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/jamyang-khyentse-chokyi-lodro/jetsun-lochen-guru-yoga

... For an English translation see https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/jamyang-khyentse-chokyi-lodro/gathering-auspiciousness-mahabodhi-prayer ...

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... 106–110.

[10] TibetTV, 8:15-8:30.

[11] TibetTV, 7:45-8:15.

[12] Mkhan po bkra shis rdo rje, et al., ix.

[13] Mkhan po bkra shis rdo rje, et al., 26-28.

[14] Mu po, 125.

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... https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/123456789/2696740

... Roerich's Secretary.] https://roerichsmuseum.website.yandexcloud.net/RD/RD-571.pdf

... Shibayev in Naggar and Lobzang Mingyur Dorje at the Institute] https://roerichsmuseum.website.yandexcloud.net/UR/UR-084.pdf

... Documents of the Urusvati Himalayan Research Institute, 204] https://roerichsmuseum.website.yandexcloud.net/UR/UR-204.pdf

... [Correspondence of the New York branch of the Urusvati Institute with libraries and individuals regarding the acquisition of a Tibetan-English dictionary] https://roerichsmuseum.website.yandexcloud.net/UR/UR-219.pdf

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... He then studied the Geluk monastic curriculum from the sutra section under eminent scholars in the monastery, and later enrolled in Gyume College to study tantra, with its rites and rituals, maṇḍala drawings and related topics

Thereafter, Lodro Gyatso was enthroned to the seat of abbot at Deyang Dratsang (bde yangs grwa tshang), Drepung Gomang, Gyume Tantric College, and Ganden Jangtse and taught at these monastic institutions, earning a reputation in his scholarship ...

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... This was Dakpo Dratsang (dwags po grwa tshang), also known as Dakpo Shedrubling (dwags po bshad grub gling) and Lamrim Dratsang (lam rim grwa tshang) because of its connection with the Lamrim Chenmo ...

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Chokden is credited with one translation in the Tengyur: Avadhūtavajra's Ekajaṭī Sādhana (raktaikajaṭīsādhana; ral pa gcig ma dmar mo'i sgrub pa'i thabs), Toh ...

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... His birth year is only recorded as being an ox year; given that he was closely associated with the discovery of the Heart-Essence of the Dākinī (mkha' 'gro snying thig) by Pema Ledreltsel (padma las 'drel rtsal, 1291–1319) in 1313 and seems to be still alive after Longchenpa's return from Bhutan around 1360, his birth year was almost certainly 1289.[1] His birth is said to have been prophesied in various versions of the Pema Kathang (padma bka' thang) in these verses: ...

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[6] See, for example, the colophon to Thugs rje chen po khar+sa pA Na'i sgrub thabs tshigs su bcad pa bzhi pa (https://www.tbrc.org/#library_work_ViewByOutline-O00CR000800CR0132262DB178462DB17847%7CW23703). ...

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[1] TOH: 1436 - BCRD, BDRC; TOH: 2033 - BCRD, BDRC; TOH: 2034 - BCRD, BDRC.

... For a preliminary English translation with Tibetan see The Glorious Treatise on the Release from Bondage.

[6] The Glorious Treatise on the Release from Bondage, verse 50.

[7] The Glorious Treatise on the Release from Bondage, verse 51.

[8] The Glorious Treatise on the Release from Bondage, verse 17.

[10] TOH: 1436 - BCRD, BDRC; TOH: 2033 - BCRD, BDRC; TOH: 2034 - BCRD, BDRC.

[15] https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=L8LS15308, https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=L8LS15281

[18] Buddhist Canon Research Database (BCRD) and Dan Martin's Tibskrit  both name Drakpa Gyeltsen as the Tibetan translator of this text.

[19] https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P43 and https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P3203

[29] BDRC lists the following such transmission lineages: gsang 'dus mi bskyod rdo rje lha sum bcu rtsa gnyis dkyil 'khor dbang bskur ba/chag lugs, rnal 'byor bla med kyi lung brgyud, birwa pa'i blo sbyong gi brgyud pa, sbyong rgyud nas bshad pa'i ngan song sbyong ba kun rig rtsa ba'i dkyil 'khor du dbang bskur thob pa'i brgyud, gshin rje gshed dmar po chos skor las/ lha lnga'i dkyil 'khor ras bris la rten pa dbang bzhi mtha' rten dang bcas pa'i brgyud pa ...

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... The Kālacakra Tantra, Śrī-kālacakratantrottaratantrahṛdaya-nāma (dpal dus kyi 'khor lo'i rgyud phyi ma rgyud kyi snying po zhes bya ba), Toh

... Mahākāla Sādhana, Śrī­nātha­mahākāla­sādhana­krama (dpal mgon po nag po chen po'i sgrub thabs kyi rim pa), Toh

... Guhyasamāja Tantra, Śrīguhyasamājālaṃkāra (dpal gsang ba 'dus pa'i rgyan), Toh

... *Vibhūṣita, The Ten Suchnesses, Daśatattva (de kho na nyid bcu pa) Toh

... Maṇḍala Ritual of Black Yamāyuṣpati, Śrī­yamakālāyuṣpati­maṇḍala­vidhi (dpal gshin rje tshe bdag nag po'i dkyil 'khor gyi cho ga), Toh

... Jambhala Sādhana, Ucchuṣma-jambhala-sādhana (dzam+b+ha la'i sgrub thabs), Toh

... Commentary on the Seventy Verses on Emptiness, Śūnyatā­saptati­vṛtti (stong nyid bdun cu pa'i 'grel pa), Toh

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... Sādhana of Black Yamāyuṣpati, Śrī-yamakālāyuṣpati-maṇḍala-vidhi (dpal gshin rje tshe bdag nat po'i dkyil 'khor gyi cho ga), Toh

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... Commentary on The Difficult Points of the Bodhicaryāvatāra, Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā (byang chub kyi spyod pa la 'jug pa'i dka' 'grel) Toh

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With Mahāsumati, Patsab Nyima Drak translated numerous foundational Mahāyāna scriptures, including three Madhyamaka texts that are collectively known in Tibet as the "Triad of Root, Entrance, and Four [Hundred]" (rtsa 'jug bzhi gsum): Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (Toh

... 3824), or Root Verses on the Middle Way (rtsa ba shes rab); Candrakīrti's Madhyamakāvatāra (Toh

... 3861), or Entrance into the Middle Way (bu ma la 'jug pa); and Āryadeva's Catuḥśataka (Toh

Another major translation done at the Ratnagupta Temple was the Prasannapadā (Toh

... 3860), Clear Words (tshig gsal), Candrakīrti's commentary on Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (Toh

With Paṇḍita Kanakavarma, Patsab edited the first two chapters of Candrakīrti's Śūnyatāsaptativṛtti (Toh

... 3867), or Commentary on Nāgārjuna's Seventy Stanzas on Emptiness (stong nyid bdun cu pa'i 'grel pa); as well as parts of the Pradīpoddyotana-nāma-ṭīkā (Toh

With Paṇḍita Muditaśrī Patsab translated Yuktiṣaṣṭikā (Toh

... Patsab also worked with Pandita Bhavyarāja on a translation of Dharmottara's Paralokasiddha (Toh

On his return to Lhasa, a community of monks in Purang requested he translated Pūrṇavardhanaḥ's Abhidharmakośaṭīkālakṣaṇānusāriṇī (Toh

... 4093), a two-volume commentary on Vasubhandu's Abhidharmakośa (Toh

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[69] Ken Holmes, "Better than SatNav" (https://monlam.wordpress.com/tag/16th-karmapa/page/2/)

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Kunpang Chodrak Pel's history of the lineage of Nāgārjuna's Bodhichitta-vivarana (byang chub sems 'grel), or Essay on Bodhicitta, states:

Dorje Gyeltsen's younger brother, who was known as Shongton Lotsāwa Lodro Tenpa, newly translated texts such as Śrī-hevajratantrarājaṭīkā-suviśadasaṃpuṭa (Toh

... 1184), Śrīsaṃvarodaya-mahātantrarājapadminī-nāma-pañjikā (Toh

... 1420) and the Śrī-raktayamāri-tantrarāja-nāma (Toh

Shong Lodro Tenpa's translations done in Nepal are:

1.     Śrīsaṃvarodayasādhana (Toh

... 1515), translated with Paṇḍita Kṣāntiśrī at the Gautam Vihar in Nepal

2.     Vibhaktikārikā (Toh

... 4274) by Haribhadra, translated with Paṇḍita Mahīndrabhadra, a teacher of his elder brother, in Kathmandu, at the request of Bhoṭi Paṇḍita and by orders from Drogon Pakpa

3.     Adhikārasaṃgraha (Toh

Shong's translations done in Tibet are:

1.     Śrīsaṃvarodayamahātantrarājapadminī-nāma-pañjikā (Toh

... This commentary by Paṇḍita Ratnarakṣita in 244 folia was initially translated into Tibetan by Paṇḍita Sarvajñaśrībhadra, and then, "by command of the holy Lama Pakpa, the dharma king adorned with immeasurable excellent qualities, and upon request by the second ponchen Kunga Zangpo, this text was translated and edited by Tibetan translator Bikṣu Loten at Puri Monastery (phu ri dgon)."[2]

2.     Śrīmadraktayamāri-tantrarāja-nāma (Toh

... This tantra of Red Yamāri is in the Kagyur collection and was translated by Shong Loten at Sakya during the administration of Ponchen Kunga Zangpo, between 1270 and 1275.

3.     Śrī-hevajratantrarājaṭīkā-suviśadasaṃpuṭa (Toh

... Shong revised the translation of Abhayākaragupta's composition made by Ravīndraprabha and Chak Choje Pel's (chag lo tsA ba chos rje dpal, 1197–1264).

5.     Lakṣābhidhānāduddhṛtalaghutantrapiṇḍārthavivaraṇa (Toh

... Shong translated it at Drakmar (drag dmar).

6.     Mañjuśrījñānasattvasya paramārthanāmasaṃgīti (Toh ...

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At Tsana, Shongton studied subjects such as Prajñāpāramitā, Pramāṇa, Abhidharma, as well as Rinchen Zangpo's (rin chen bzang po, 958–1055) translation of the Caryāmelāpakapradīpa (Toh

... Kṣemendra's Avadānakalpalatā (Toh

... 4155) and Daṇḍin's Kāvyādarśa (Toh

... 4301) became foundational texts for kāvya in Tibet, more popular than the works of other poets such as Āryaśūra's Jātakamāla (Toh

... 4150) or Aśvaghoṣa's Buddhacarita (Toh

Other important translations by Shongton include Paṇḍita Harṣadeva's Nāgānanda (Toh

... 4154), a drama about the life of the bodhisattva Jimútaváhana; Paṇḍita Śrīvajradeva's Lokeśvaraśatakastotra (Toh

Shongton also translated Candragomin's Candravyākaraṇa (Toh

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Tarpa Lotsāwa taught Buton Sanskrit grammar, beginning with the Chandrapa system based on the Candra­vyākaraṇa­sūtra (Toh 4269), and the Kālapa system, based on the Kalāpasūtra (Toh 4282)

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... (Toh 1300) Written by Paṇḍita Kṛṣṇācārya, translated at Tarpaling Monastery.

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    [10] 84000 Translation Team, “Thirteen Late-Translated Sūtras,” 84000, August 23 2024, accessed November 6 2025, https://84000.co/kb-articles/thirteen-late-translated-sutras-kangyur-section.
     
    [11] Peter Skilling, “Theravādin Literature in Tibetan Translation,” Journal of the Pāli Text Society 19 (1993): 69–201.

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    [34] See Tomlin (2019): https://dakinitranslations.com/kalacakra-as-the-ultimate-pinnacle-of-all-the-tantras-jetsun-taranatha-and-8th-karmapa-mikyo-dorje/. ...

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