Śāntākaragupta
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| English Phonetics | Śāntākaragupta |
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| Sort Name | Śāntākaragupta |
Dates
| Birth: | 11th century |
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Tibetan calendar dates
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An eleventh-century Buddhist scholar, one of the revisors of the Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna, together with Abhayākaragupta, Śākyarakṣita, and Vidyākaraśānti. Śāntākaragupta translated several texts (Avalokiteśvarasādhana, Ālambanaparīkṣā, Ālambanaparīkṣāvṛtti, Trikālaparīkṣā) into Tibetan together with Tshul khrims rgyal mtshan, who also collaborated with Abhayākaragupta, who was active during the reign of Rāmapāla (c. 1075–1128). (Adapted from Dezső, "Inspired Poetry: Śāntākaragupta's Play on the Legend of Prince Sudhana and the Kinnarī," Indo-Iranian Journal 57 (2014): 92)
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