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J
Birth year: 1729/1730. +
Alternate death year is 1941. +
K
10th century +
Flourished in 11th c. +
The above date of his passing is based on the assertion that he died shortly after being jailed during the Chinese invasion. However, there are apparently other reports that he actually remained in prison for twenty years and passed away sometime around 1980. +
Other dates of birth mentioned are 978 and 990. +
15th cent. +
The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism has 2 mentions of this figure. One says he flourished in the 7th century, the other mention says he flourished in the 8th century. See pages 518 and 886. +
L
13th century +
Year of death is uncertain. +
M
circa 10th c. +
Eighth- to ninth-century +
Approximate dates by Yuichi Kajiyama are between 1050 and 1292 BCE. +
N
*notes in colophon to his tshad ma rnam nges commentary that he wrote this in 1993, his 73rd year, which would mean that he must have been born in 1921
*the english introduction notes that he was born in 1923
*obituary in the khyentse foundation bulletin gives dates as 1921-2008
*Passed away on May 25, 2008
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Alternative dates are 1136-1204 +
The dates for Nāropa here are from BDRC, https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P3085. However, other sources suggest earlier dates, with a date of birth of 956(?) and a date of death of 1040. Regarding the date of birth, see Newman, John. "The Epoch of the Kālacakra Tantra." Indo-Iranian Journal 41 (1998): 319-349.: 347, note 10.[1]. Regarding the date of death, see Wylie, T. "Dating the Death of Naropa." L. Hercus et al., eds. Indological and Buddhist Studies. Volume in Honour of Professor J.W. de Jong on his Sixtieth Birthday. Canberra, 1982. +
O
d.u. +
