An important philosopher of Mongolian ethnicity. For a list of his works studied & translated by modern scholars, see Tom Tillemans, Scripture, Logic, Language, Wisdom (Boston 1999), p. 265, n. 4.
Dungkar Rinpoche's dictionary, p. 2195, where the dates are given as 1759-1831.
Bibliography:
Brda' yig ming don gsal bar byed pa'i zla ba'i 'od snang. A 106 or 107-folio woodblock print. Oriental Institute, St. Petersburg, nos. B8554/1, B8911/2. Dated 1838. The author is often called Bstan dar Lha rams pa.
Dag yig gces bsdus 'khrul spong legs par bshad pa'i skya rengs gsar pa, contained in: Dag yig skor gyi dpe rgyun dkon po 'ga' phyogs gcig tu bsgrigs pa mu tig tshom bu, Mtsho sngon mi rigs dpe skrun khang (Xining 1998), pp. 457-492. This is a typeset version of the Sku 'bum Monastery woodblock print. The author was native to Mongolia.
A 20-folio woodblock print from Sku 'bum Byams pa gling. Oriental Institute, St. Petersburg, no. B8922/3.
Dpe rgyan gyi sgo nas bla ma la bstod pa yon tan rgya mtshor gzhol ba'i dad pa'i chu bo. Oriental Institute, St. Petersburg, no. B6744/29.
Gangs can gyi brda' gsar rnying las brtsams pa'i brda' yig blo gsal mgrin rgyan. A 52-folio woodblock print. Oriental Institute, St. Petersburg, nos. B6744/27, B8922/4.
Gangs can gyi brda' gsar rnying las brtsams pa'i brda' yig blo gsal mgrin rgyan, contained in his Collected Works, vol. 2 [KHA] (New Delhi 1971). See also SBKC, p. 484.
Ma byin len gyi pham pa'i rin thang gi tshad bshad pa 'khrul spong mkhas pa dgyes byed mchod yon rnam dag.
Drepung Catalog, p. 1961. A 13-folio woodblock print on penalties for theft.
Mdo tshig 'ga' zhig gi 'grel pa dpag bsam ljon bzang. Filibeck, CTTF, vol. 2, no. 1123/1.
Mi chos dga' ston. Listed in Btsan-lha, p. 1057. Apparently on law.
Shes rab snying po'i 'grel pa don gsal nor bu'i 'od.
Contained in: Collected Works (Gsung 'bum) of Bstan dar Lha ram or Alag sha, Lama Guru Deva (New Delhi 1971), vol. 1, pp. 291-322.
English translation in: Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Heart Sūtra Explained, Sri Satguru Publications (Delhi 1988), pp. 139-159.
Snyan ngag me long gi le'u gnyis pa'i mtshungs pa gsal byed kyi sgra'i sgo nas rang gi bla ma la bkod pa byin rlabs 'bod pa'i dbyangs snyan rol mo. Oriental Institute, St. Petersburg, no. B6744/30.
Snyan ngag me long le'u gsum gyi dper brjod blo gsal mgul rgyan mu thig phreng mdzes. Oriental Institute, St. Petersburg, no. B6744/28.
Ston pa tshad ma'i skyes bur sgrub pa'i gtam.
Tom J.F. Tillemans, Persons of Authority: The sTon pa tshad ma'i skyes bur sgrub pa'i gtam of A lag sha Ngag dbang bstan dar (Stuttgart 1993). Reviewed by J.W. de Jong in Indo-Iranian Journal, vol. 38 (1995), pp. 288-290.
Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp, Remarks on the 'Person of Authority' in the Dga' ldan pa / Dge lugs pa School of Tibetan Buddhism, Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 119, no. 4 (October 1999), pp. 646-672.
Sum cu pa dang rtags 'jug gi don go sla bar bsdus pa'i bshad pa skal ldan yid kyi padma 'byed pa'i snang ba'i mdzod.
Yi ge'i bshad pa mkhas pa'i kha rgyan. A 26-folio woodblock print. Oriental Institute, St. Petersburg, no. B8922/2.
Yi ge'i mtha' dpyod ma dag pa'i dri ma 'khrud pa'i chab gtsang, contained in: Collected Works (New Delhi 1971), vol. KHA, pp. 585-610. On editorial procedures. Noted in Kuijp, Treatise, p. 423, n. 28.
