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Abhayakīrti (‘Jigs med grags pa)

Dictionary Definition: 

  • Pundit name of Naropa. Davidson, TTBR, p. 46.
  • See under Pham mthing pa. See under 'Jigs med ming can.
  • Nālandā, LMT, pp. 103, 111, 112.
  • Stearns, Luminous Lives, p. 207. Aka Bal po A des pa.
  • Lo Bue, Newar Scholars, pp. 644, 646.
  • An image, inscribed with "Rje btsun Ā bya ya kir ti la na mo," is illustrated in Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago 1997), no. 301 (description on p. 341). It is described as an Indian, nevertheless wearing Tibetan robes.

Bibliography:

  • Ajitanāthastutimṛtyuvañcanā (Mi pham mgon po la bstod pa 'chi slu ma). Listed in Cordier catalogue.
    • EoB.
    • According to Namdol, CS, p. 150, this is found in Peking Tanjur supplement volume, no. 4525.
    • Peking Tanjur, no. 4605, with the title Mi pham mgon po la bstod pa'i 'chi slu ma.