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''' | '''Vilasavajra''' (Skt. ''Vilāsavajra''; Tib. སྒེག་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་, [[Wyl.]] ''sgeg pa'i rdo rje'') aka '''Lilavajra''' (Skt. ''Līlāvajra'') or '''Lalitavajra''' was an 8th century Indian master, perhaps from [[Oddiyana]], who wrote commentaries on ''[[Chanting the Names of Manjushri]]'' and the ''[[Guhyagarbha Tantra]]''. Among the students of Vilasavajra, the most prominent were [[Buddhaguhya]] and [[Buddhajñanapada]], who both studied the cycle of the [[Web of Magical Illusion]]. | ||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
*[[Dudjom Rinpoche]], ''The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism'', trans. and ed. Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom, 1991), pages 463-464. | *[[Dudjom Rinpoche]], ''The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism'', trans. and ed. Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom, 1991), pages 463-464. | ||
*''Tantric Buddhist Practice in India: Vilāsavajra’s commentary on the Mañjuśrī-nāmasaṃgīti'', translated by Anthony Tribe, Routledge 2016, ISBN 978-1138650930 | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Latest revision as of 09:04, 14 December 2020
Vilasavajra (Skt. Vilāsavajra; Tib. སྒེག་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wyl. sgeg pa'i rdo rje) aka Lilavajra (Skt. Līlāvajra) or Lalitavajra was an 8th century Indian master, perhaps from Oddiyana, who wrote commentaries on Chanting the Names of Manjushri and the Guhyagarbha Tantra. Among the students of Vilasavajra, the most prominent were Buddhaguhya and Buddhajñanapada, who both studied the cycle of the Web of Magical Illusion.
Further Reading
- Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, trans. and ed. Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom, 1991), pages 463-464.
- Tantric Buddhist Practice in India: Vilāsavajra’s commentary on the Mañjuśrī-nāmasaṃgīti, translated by Anthony Tribe, Routledge 2016, ISBN 978-1138650930
