Jinamitra: Difference between revisions

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PersonType	Category:Lotsawas
MainNamePhon	Jinamitra
MainNameWylie	slob dpon dzi na mi tra
BDRC	https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P8209
Treasury of Lives	https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Jinamitra/10908
IsInGyatsa	No
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-|tolExcerpt=Jinamitra was an Indian paṇḍita who participated in the translation of scores of Buddhist scriptures into Tibetan, including a version of the ''Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra''. Among his most frequent Tibetan collaborators were Yeshe De and Lui Gyeltsen.
+|tolExcerpt=Jinamitra was an Indian paṇḍita who was active in Tibet during the ninth century. He may have been from Kashmir. He likely worked at Samye Monastery (bsam yas), under the auspices of the Tibetan king Tri Srongdetsen (khri srong lde brtsan, c. 742-800)
+He translated several core Vinaya texts, including the ''Prātimokṣa-sūtra'' and the ''Bhikṣuṇī-prātimokṣa-sūtra'', both in collaboration with Chokro Lui Gyeltsen (cog ro klu'i rgyal mtshan). He translated eighty-six sūtras, such as the ''Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra'', in collaboration with Jñānagarbha and Devacandra, and the ''Aksobhyatathāgatasyavyūhasūtra'', with Surendrabodhi and Yeshe De (ye shes sde). He collaborated on the translation of seven texts in the tantra section of the Kangyur, and nineteen in the dhāraṇī section.
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