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'''Prajñāvarman''' (Tibetan: ''shes rab go cha'') was an 8th-century [[List of writers on Buddhism|Buddhist writer]]. He lived during the reigns of the [[Pala Empire|Pala]] king, [[Gopala I]] and the Tibetan emperor [[Trisong Detsen]], under whose auspices he came to Tibet.<ref name="schneider" />{{rp|18}} He was a contemporary of [[Jinamitra]].<ref name="wiley">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5i3qAgAAQBAJ | title=The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism | publisher=John Wiley & Sons | author=Poceski, Mario | year=2014 | pages=552 | isbn=1118610350}}</ref> | '''Prajñāvarman''' (Tibetan: ''shes rab go cha'') within [[early medieval literature]], was an 8th-century [[List of writers on Buddhism|Buddhist writer]]. He lived during the reigns of the [[Pala Empire|Pala]] king, [[Gopala I]] and the Tibetan emperor [[Trisong Detsen]], under whose auspices he came to Tibet.<ref name="schneider" />{{rp|18}} He was a contemporary of [[Jinamitra]].<ref name="wiley">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5i3qAgAAQBAJ | title=The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism | publisher=John Wiley & Sons | author=Poceski, Mario | year=2014 | pages=552 | isbn=1118610350}}</ref> | ||
Prajñāvarman contributed to the translation of 77 Buddhist works from Sanskrit into Tibetan and is the author of three commentaries preserved in the [[Tengyur]], namely the ''Devātiśāyastotraṭīkā'' (lha las phul du byung pa'i bstod pa gnyis kyi 'grel pa), the ''Udānavargavivara'',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3681860 | title=Review of Michael Balk 'Arbeitsmaterialien A, Prajñāvarman's Udānavargavivara' | publisher=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies | date=1988 | accessdate=17 September 2014 | author=Skorupski, Tadeusz}}</ref>{{rp|160}} and the ''Viśeṣastavaṭikā'' (khyad par du 'phags pa'i bstod pa'i rgya cher bshad pa) a commentary on [[ | Prajñāvarman contributed to the translation of 77 Buddhist works from Sanskrit into Tibetan and is the author of three commentaries preserved in the [[Tengyur]], namely the ''Devātiśāyastotraṭīkā'' ({{transl|bo|italic=no|lha las phul du byung pa'i bstod pa gnyis kyi 'grel pa}}), the ''Udānavargavivara'',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3681860 | title=Review of Michael Balk 'Arbeitsmaterialien A, Prajñāvarman's Udānavargavivara' | publisher=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies | date=1988 | accessdate=17 September 2014 | author=Skorupski, Tadeusz}}</ref>{{rp|160}} and the ''Viśeṣastavaṭikā'' ({{transl|bo|italic=no|khyad par du 'phags pa'i bstod pa'i rgya cher bshad pa}}) a commentary on [[Udbhaṭasiddhasvāmin]]'s ''[[Viśeṣastava]]''.<ref name="schneider">Schneider, Johannes (1993). ''Der Lobpreis der Vorzüglichkeit des Buddha.'' Bonn: Indica et Tibetica Verlag.</ref>{{rp|21}} The ''Viśeṣastavaṭikā'' was translated into Tibetan by [[Rinchen Zangpo|Rin-chen-bzang-po]] (958-1055) and Janārdhana.<ref name="schneider" />{{rp|21}} The Sanskrit original is now lost. | ||
Among his translations is the ''Abhayapradā-nāma-aparājita'' ('Phags pa gzhan gyis mi thub pa mi 'jigs pa sbyin pa) co-translated with [[Yeshe De|Ye shes sde]] (published as Tôh. no. 708 and no. 928). Derge Kanjur, vol. TSA, folios 176v.1-177v.6.) | Among his translations is the ''Abhayapradā-nāma-aparājita'' ({{transl|bo|italic=no|'Phags pa gzhan gyis mi thub pa mi 'jigs pa sbyin pa}}) co-translated with [[Yeshe De|Ye shes sde]] (published as Tôh. no. 708 and no. 928). Derge Kanjur, vol. TSA, folios 176v.1-177v.6.) | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Prajñāvarman (Tibetan: shes rab go cha) within early medieval literature, was an 8th-century Buddhist writer. He lived during the reigns of the Pala king, Gopala I and the Tibetan emperor Trisong Detsen, under whose auspices he came to Tibet.[1]:18 He was a contemporary of Jinamitra.[2]
Prajñāvarman contributed to the translation of 77 Buddhist works from Sanskrit into Tibetan and is the author of three commentaries preserved in the Tengyur, namely the Devātiśāyastotraṭīkā (lha las phul du byung pa'i bstod pa gnyis kyi 'grel pa), the Udānavargavivara,[3]:160 and the Viśeṣastavaṭikā (khyad par du 'phags pa'i bstod pa'i rgya cher bshad pa) a commentary on Udbhaṭasiddhasvāmin's Viśeṣastava.[1]:21 The Viśeṣastavaṭikā was translated into Tibetan by Rin-chen-bzang-po (958-1055) and Janārdhana.[1]:21 The Sanskrit original is now lost.
Among his translations is the Abhayapradā-nāma-aparājita ('Phags pa gzhan gyis mi thub pa mi 'jigs pa sbyin pa) co-translated with Ye shes sde (published as Tôh. no. 708 and no. 928). Derge Kanjur, vol. TSA, folios 176v.1-177v.6.)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Schneider, Johannes (1993). Der Lobpreis der Vorzüglichkeit des Buddha. Bonn: Indica et Tibetica Verlag.
- ↑ Poceski, Mario (2014). The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism. John Wiley & Sons. p. 552. ISBN 1118610350.
- ↑ Skorupski, Tadeusz (1988). "Review of Michael Balk 'Arbeitsmaterialien A, Prajñāvarman's Udānavargavivara'". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
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