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Dharmadāsa (Chos ‘bangs, Chos kyi ‘bangs)

Dictionary Definition: 

  • Chimpa, THBI, pp. 177, 186, 189, 198, 213, 226.
  • Obermiller, Bu ston, pt. 2, p. 169.
  • Niyogi, BSAB, p. 4.
  • Pollock in Pollock, LCH, p. 69 lists him as a Buddhist literary figure of around 1000 CE (?).
  • See Kosambi and Gokhale, Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa, p. lxxxi. Author of the Vidagdhamukhamaṇḍana.
  • Verhagen, HSGL, vol. 2, pp. 77, 173, 175-176, 201.
  • Stearns, Vibhūticandra, p. 129. Teacher of Vibhūticandra.
  • Ray, SBB, p. 75. Teacher of Ratnamati.

Bibliography:

  • Candravyākaraṇavṛtti.
    • KCDS, p. 15 (see also p. 94). Palmleaf Sanskrit manuscript in 193 folios belonging to the Nor bu gling ka. Here the Tibetan version of the title is given as Tsandra pa'i 'grel pa, and an added note says that the author was Slob dpon Chos 'bangs. Still another Candravyākaraṇa commentary (Pañjikāṭīkā?) is listed as being in Potala collection (at p. 56).
  • Vidagdhamukhamaṇḍana.
    • KCDS, p. 97. Sanskrit palmleaf manuscript now belonging to Potala. Title given as Vidaśvamukhamaṇḍana (translated into Tibetan as Mkhas pa'i kha rgyan), with author's name given as Chos 'bangs.