Jinamitra

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Jinamitra (Skt. Jinamitra; Tib. རྒྱལ་བའི་བཤེས་གཉེན་,or ཛི་ན་མི་ཏྲ།, Wyl. rgyal ba'i bshes gnyen or dzi na mi tra) was a Kashmiri pandit, who was invited to Tibet during the reign of King Trisong Detsen (r. 742–98 ᴄᴇ) and was involved with the translation of nearly two hundred texts, continuing into the reign of King Tri Ralpachen (r. 815–38 ᴄᴇ). He was among the small group of paṇḍitas responsible for the Mahāvyutpatti Sanskrit–Tibetan dictionary. .[1]

He also passed on the teaching of monastic discipline, including its pith instructions.[2]

References

  1. 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.
  2. Butön's History of Buddhism in India and Its Spread to Tibet, Snow Lion Publications 2013.