Patsab Lotsāwa Nyima Drakpa

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PersonType Category:Lotsawas
MainNamePhon Patsab Lotsāwa Nyima Drakpa
MainNameTib པ་ཚབ་ལོ་ཙཱ་བ་ཉི་མ་གྲགས་པ་
MainNameWylie pa tshab lo tsA ba nyi ma grags pa
BiographicalInfo Patsab Lotsāwa Nyima Drakpa was a major translator of Madhyamaka texts into Tibet. A a monk of Sangpu Monastery, he traveled in in Kashmir to work with paṇḍitas such as X and Y. Among his translations are Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, Āryadeva's Catuhśataka-śāstra (Four Hundred Verses), and Candrakīrti's Madhyamakāvatāra. His commentary on the Nagarjuna is possibly the earliest Tibetan exegesis of the work. In Tibet he is considered the founder of the Prasangika school of Madhyamaka.
YearBirth 1055
BDRC https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P5651
Treasury of Lives https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/nyi-ma-grags/8194
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