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Haribhadra (Tib. སེང་གེ་བཟང་པོ་, Senge Zangpo, Wyl. seng ge bzang po) (late 8th C.) was a great pandita and master of the prajnaparamita teachings. He received instructions directly from Maitreya and composed the Sphutartha, which is the most celebrated commentary on Maitreya's Abhisamayalankara. Taranatha says he was a disciple of Shantarakshita. He was a teacher of Buddhajñanapada.

Śāstravṛtti (popularly known as the Sphutartha)
Light on the Ornament (Skt. Abhisamayālaṃkārālokā), a commentary on the Sutra in Eight Thousand Lines
Easy-to-Comprehend Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Verse Summary
Eight Chapters on the 25,000

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-'''Haribhadra''' (Tib. ''Senge Zangpo'', [[Wyl.]] ''seng ge bzang po'') (late 8th C.) was a great [[pandita]] and master of the [[prajnaparamita]] teachings. He received instructions directly from [[Maitreya]] and composed the ''[[Sphutartha]]'', which is the most celebrated commentary on Maitreya's ''[[Abhisamayalankara]]''. [[Taranatha]] says he was a disciple of [[Shantarakshita]]. He was a teacher of [[Buddhajñanapada]].
+'''Haribhadra''' (Tib. [[སེང་གེ་བཟང་པོ་]], ''Senge Zangpo'', [[Wyl.]] ''seng ge bzang po'') (late 8th C.) was a great [[pandita]] and master of the [[prajnaparamita]] teachings. He received instructions directly from [[Maitreya]] and composed the ''[[Sphutartha]]'', which is the most celebrated commentary on Maitreya's ''[[Abhisamayalankara]]''. [[Taranatha]] says he was a disciple of [[Shantarakshita]]. He was a teacher of [[Buddhajñanapada]].
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