Śāntibhikṣu Śāstrī

PersonType	Category:Translators
FirstName / namefirst	Śāntibhikṣu
LastName / namelast	Śāstrī
MainNamePhon	Śāntibhikṣu Śāstrī
SortName	Śāstrī, Śāntibhikṣu
bio	Śāntibhikṣu Śāstrī was a Sanskrit scholar and author born in 1912. He wrote several works on Buddhism and Sanskrit literature, including a book titled Mahāyāna published by Viśvabhāratī Granthālaya in 1958, a translation of Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra into Hindi, published by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan in 2010, and a work called Buddhodayakāvyam.
YearBirth	1912
YearDeath	1991
IsInGyatsa	No
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Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion.