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|BnwShortPersonBio=There are at least two India authors known by the name Vairocanarakṣita, as well as being the full ordination name of the famous Tibetan translator Vairocana (bai ro tsa na). Of the two Indians, the first was an 11th century scholar from Vikramaśīla, while the second, known also as Vairocanavajra, lived about a century later and spent time in Tibet in the mid-12th century. Based on the literary output of these two figures, with the former producing works on sūtra and the latter more focused on tantra and mahāmudrā, Brunnhölzl suggests the 11th century Vairocanarakṣita as the most likely candidate for the authorship of the ''Mahāyānottaratantraśāstraṭippanī''. | |||
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PersonType | Category:Classical Indian Authors |
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MainNameTib | བཻ་རོ་ཙ་ན་རཀྵི་ཏ་ |
MainNameWylie | bai ro tsa na rak+Shi ta |
MainNameDev | वैरोचनरक्षित |
MainNameSkt | Vairocanarakṣita |
YearBirth | 12th Century |
BDRC | https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P4CZ15308 |
IsInGyatsa | No |
BnwShortPersonBio | There are at least two India authors known by the name Vairocanarakṣita, as well as being the full ordination name of the famous Tibetan translator Vairocana (bai ro tsa na). Of the two Indians, the first was an 11th century scholar from Vikramaśīla, while the second, known also as Vairocanavajra, lived about a century later and spent time in Tibet in the mid-12th century. Based on the literary output of these two figures, with the former producing works on sūtra and the latter more focused on tantra and mahāmudrā, Brunnhölzl suggests the 11th century Vairocanarakṣita as the most likely candidate for the authorship of the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstraṭippanī. |
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