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Tāranātha (1575–1634) was a Lama of the
Jonang school of
Tibetan Buddhism. He is
widely considered its most
remarkable scholar and exponent. Taranatha...
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empire created by his father. The 16th
century Tibetan Buddhist author Taranatha credits his
administration with
extensive territorial conquests in southern...
- lotus-stalks. In some
Tibetan sources,
including the 17th-century work of
Taranatha,
Nalanda is
referred to as Nalendra, and is
likely synonymous with Nala...
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legends describing Vasudhara’s
generosity are
found in the
writings of
Taranatha (1575–1634), a
prominent Tibetan monk and scholar.
According to his history...
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Gopala was born in a
family of
menials or Dasajivinah.
Tibetan Lama
Taranatha in his
History of
Buddhism in
India described that
Gopala was born of...
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known to us
mainly through Tibetan sources,
especially the
writings of
Tāranātha, the
Tibetan monk
historian of the 16th–17th centuries.
Vikramashila was...
- was
built by Gopala's son and successor, Dharmapala;
while according to
Taranatha, it was
founded by
either Gopala or Devapala.
Odantapuri was part of a...
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special attributes is a
common theme in
Buddhist tantric literature.
Taranatha describes Yamāntaka is a
wrathful expression of Mañjuśrī, the bodhisattva...
- example, has Nāgārjuna
making an
elixir of invisibility, and Bus-ton,
Taranatha and
Xuanzang all
state that he
could turn
rocks into gold.
Tibetan hagiographies...
- (1617–1682)
later recognized him as the
reincarnation of the
Buddhist scholar Taranatha and
bestowed on him the
Sanskrit name Jñānavajra (Sanskrit: ज्ञानवज्र...
