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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 (Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.), the Udānavargavivara,[3]:160 and the Viśeṣastavaṭikā (Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.) 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 (Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.) 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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