Kamalagupta

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PersonType Category:Translators
MainNamePhon Kamalagupta
YearBirth 10th century
BDRC https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P8093
IsInGyatsa No
BnwShortPersonBio Kamalagupta was a noted Kashmīri paṇḍita active in the 10th century. According to Jean Naudou (Buddhists of Kashmir, 1980), he was among many Kashmīri paṇḍitas, "including Śraddhākaravarman, Padmākaragupta, Ratnavajra, Buddhaśrīśānta and Buddhapāla, who came to Tibet at the invitation

of Ye-śes ’od : that is the start of a period of continuous exchangs [sic] between Kaśmīr and Mṅa-ris . . ." (163). He often collaborated with Rinchen Zangpo, and they translated many books from Sanskrit to Tibetan together.

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