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|MainNamePhon=Śākyasiṁha | |MainNamePhon=Śākyasiṁha | ||
|YearBirth=ca. 8th/9th century | |YearBirth=ca. 8th/9th century | ||
+ | |BnwShortPersonBio=Śākyasiṁha was an Indian paṇdita primarily known for the Tibetan translation of the ''Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkārakārikā'' that he completed with Kawa Paltsek (ska ba dpal brtsegs). According to the book ''The Universal Vehicle Discourse Literature (Mahāyānasūtrālaṁkāra)'', both the verses in the ''Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkārakārikā'' (Peking 5521) and the work which contains the verses and commentary together under the title ''Sūtrālaṁkāra-bhāṣya'' (Peking 5527) were prepared by Śākyasiṁha and Kawa Paltsek during the royal translation project at Samye monastery in the 8th-9th century. | ||
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English Phonetics | Śākyasiṁha |
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- Śākyasiṁha was an Indian paṇdita primarily known for the Tibetan translation of the Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkārakārikā that he completed with Kawa Paltsek (ska ba dpal brtsegs). According to the book The Universal Vehicle Discourse Literature (Mahāyānasūtrālaṁkāra), both the verses in the Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkārakārikā (Peking 5521) and the work which contains the verses and commentary together under the title Sūtrālaṁkāra-bhāṣya (Peking 5527) were prepared by Śākyasiṁha and Kawa Paltsek during the royal translation project at Samye monastery in the 8th-9th century.
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Which Wheel Turning | |
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Zhentong vs Rangtong | |
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་) | |
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