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'''Jayananda''' (Skt. ''Jayānanda''; [[Wyl.]] ''rgyal ba kun dga<nowiki>'</nowiki>'') (fl. 11th C.) was the author of an important commentary on the ''[[Introduction to the Middle Way]]'' (Skt. ''Madhyamakāvatāra'').  
'''Jayananda''' (Skt. ''Jayānanda''; Tib. རྒྱལ་བ་ཀུན་དགའ, ''Gyalwa Künga'', [[Wyl.]] ''rgyal ba kun dga<nowiki>'</nowiki>'') (11th-12th c.) was an Indian scholar and the author of an important commentary on the ''[[Introduction to the Middle Way]]'' (Skt. ''Madhyamakāvatāra'').  
 
Jayananda went to Tibet, and at [[Sangphu Neuthok]] met and debated [[madhyamaka]] subjects with the great translator [[Ngok Lekpé Sherab]], one of [[Atisha]]’s translators and disciples. Jayananda lost the debate and he returned very discouraged to India, where he engaged in a practice of [[Manjushri]] for many years. Eventually Manjushri appeared to him in a vision, and he became a great scholar. He went back to debate with Ngok Lekpé Sherab again, but by that time, he had died. Subsequently, Jayananda wrote his large commentary on the ''Madhyamakavatara''<ref>[[Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche]]], ''Introduction to the Middle Way''  (Kyentse Foundation, 2003), Introduction page 9 & Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp, Central Asiatic Journal 37, no. 3/4 (1993).</ref>.
 
==References==
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==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
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*Leonard van der Kuijp, 'Jayânanda: A Twelfth Century Guoshi from Kashmir Among the Tangut.' ''Central Asiatic Journal'' 37 no 3/4 (1993) pp. 188-197.
*Leonard van der Kuijp, 'Jayânanda: A Twelfth Century Guoshi from Kashmir Among the Tangut.' ''Central Asiatic Journal'' 37 no 3/4 (1993) pp. 188-197.
*Kevin A. Vose, ''Resurrecting Candrakirti: Disputes in the Tibetan Creation of Prasangika'', Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2009
*Kevin A. Vose, ''Resurrecting Candrakirti: Disputes in the Tibetan Creation of Prasangika'', Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2009
*Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp, ''Jayānanda. A Twelfth Century Guoshi from Kashmir Among the Tangut'' Central Asiatic Journal 37, no. 3/4 (1993): 188–97


[[Category:Indian Masters]]
[[Category:Indian Masters]]

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Jayananda (Skt. Jayānanda; Tib. རྒྱལ་བ་ཀུན་དགའ, Gyalwa Künga, Wyl. rgyal ba kun dga') (11th-12th c.) was an Indian scholar and the author of an important commentary on the Introduction to the Middle Way (Skt. Madhyamakāvatāra).

Jayananda went to Tibet, and at Sangphu Neuthok met and debated madhyamaka subjects with the great translator Ngok Lekpé Sherab, one of Atisha’s translators and disciples. Jayananda lost the debate and he returned very discouraged to India, where he engaged in a practice of Manjushri for many years. Eventually Manjushri appeared to him in a vision, and he became a great scholar. He went back to debate with Ngok Lekpé Sherab again, but by that time, he had died. Subsequently, Jayananda wrote his large commentary on the Madhyamakavatara[1].

References

  1. Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche], Introduction to the Middle Way (Kyentse Foundation, 2003), Introduction page 9 & Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp, Central Asiatic Journal 37, no. 3/4 (1993).

Further Reading

  • David Seyfort Ruegg, The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1981). pp. 113-114
  • Leonard van der Kuijp, 'Jayânanda: A Twelfth Century Guoshi from Kashmir Among the Tangut.' Central Asiatic Journal 37 no 3/4 (1993) pp. 188-197.
  • Kevin A. Vose, Resurrecting Candrakirti: Disputes in the Tibetan Creation of Prasangika, Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2009
  • Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp, Jayānanda. A Twelfth Century Guoshi from Kashmir Among the Tangut Central Asiatic Journal 37, no. 3/4 (1993): 188–97