Śāntibhadra

PersonType	Category:Translators
MainNamePhon	Śāntibhadra
AltNamesOther	Badantabarma  ·  Bharohamtung  ·  Chiterwa  ·  Hangdu Karpo  ·  Mahākarunika  ·  Chiterwa  ·  Tsaham Pandita Zhiwa Zangpo (zhi ba bzang po)
bio	Śāntibhadra was an important Buddhist translator who worked during the late 8th and early 9th centuries CE, playing a significant role in the transmission of Buddhist texts from Sanskrit into Tibetan during Tibet's early period of Buddhist adoption. He was part of the translation movement that occurred during the reign of the Tibetan king Trisong Detsen (r. 755-797 CE), when Tibet was actively importing Buddhist teachings and texts from India. Śāntibhadra is particularly known for his translations of Madhyamaka (Middle Way) philosophical texts and various sūtras. He collaborated with Tibetan scholars and translators to render Sanskrit Buddhist literature into Tibetan, contributing to what would become the foundation of Tibetan Buddhism's textual tradition.
YearBirth	ca. 11th century
StudentOf	Nāropa
TeacherOf	Gö Khukpa Lhatse  ·  mar pa chos kyi blo gros  ·  Drokmi Lotsāwa
BDRC	https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P4CZ10531
IsInGyatsa	No
BnwShortPersonBio	Bu ston’s History (Obermiller, The History of Buddhism, 217, 218; and Szerb, Bu Ston's History, 94, 95) lists Śāntibhadra as an Indian teacher of Gö Khukpa Lhatsé and Marpa Lotsawa. See also Cyrus Stearns, Luminous Lives: The Story of the Early Masters of the Lam ’bras Tradition in Tibet (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001), 85, 206-207, 210-211, where his aliases are given as Badantabarma, Bharohamtung, Chiterwa, Hangdu Karpo, Mahākarunika, Chiterwa, and Tsaham Pandita Zhiwa Zangpo. Śāntibhadra was a disciple of Nāropa and the Tibetan translator ’Brog mi studied under him in Nepal. (Source Accessed Aug 20, 2020. See note 47)
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Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.

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