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Dharmamitra (Chos kyi bshes gnyen)

Dictionary Definition: 

  • Chos kyi bshes gnyen: Tôh. no. 3796. Dharmamitra: Tôh. no. 4120.
  • Chimpa, THBI, pp. 176 n., 253-254.
  • Triple Tantra, p. 88 (ordinator of Dharmapāla, who later became Virūpa [this connection questionable]). Also called Jayadeva.
  • His commentary on Vinayasūtra cited by G. Schopen in Journal of Indian Philosophy, vol. 30 (2002), p. 368.
  • Mkhas pa'i dga' ston, p. 1465.
  • Lancaster, PRS, pp. 283, 285, 304, 307.
  • Leonard van der Kuijp, Journal of the American Oriental Society, folio 114, no. 2 (1994), p. 305, mention of an unidentified Pramāṇaviniścaya commentary by Dharmamitra. K. says that there were two persons with this name, one the author of Tôh. no. 3796, the other the author of no. 4120.
  • Roesler, KSP, p. 61, refers to a mchod rten that contained the remains of the Nepalese Chos kyi bshes gnyen, located at Sha ra Monastery in 'Phan yul.
  • Dharma mi tra. Abbot of Nalendra. Biographical Dictionary of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism, vol. 1, p. 325. Bhaṃ ga lar Paṇḍi ta Dharma mi tra. Biographical Dictionary of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism, vol. 1, p. 810.
  • Kuijp, TBTC, p. 376, note 2.
  • Kuwayama, Literary, p. 707. A Kashmiri who came to China via Qyzyl and Dunhuang.
  • Barua, Inscriptions, p. 23. A king, father of Viṣṇumitra.
  • Jinpa, Mind Training, p. 66.
  • Stearns, TRP, p. 138.
  • A questionable Sanskritization of Fa-yu. An Indian monk who came to the Chinese court in 1019 CE. Jan, Relations, p. 156.
  • Luczanits, Sources, p. 97.

Bibliography:

  • Abhisamayālaṅkārakārikāprajñāpāramitopadeśa śāstraṭīkāprasphuṭapadā (Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa'i man ngag gi bstan bcos mngon par rtogs pa'i rgyan gyi tshig le'ur byas pa'i 'grel bshad tshig rab tu gsal ba). Tôh. no. 3796. Dergé Tanjur, vol. NYA, folios 1v.1-110r.3. Tr. by Abhiyuktakatāraśrīmitra and Chos kyi shes rab.
    • EoB.
    • D. Seyfort Ruegg, The Gotra, Ekayāna and Tathāgatagarbha: Theories of the Prajñāpāramitā according to Dharmamitra and Abhayākaragupta, contained in: L. Lancaster & L.O. Gómez, eds., Prajñāpāramitā and Related Systems: Studies in Honor of Edward Conze, Berkeley Buddhist Studies Series no. 1 (Berkeley 1977), pp. 283-312.
    • Nancy Schuster, Yoga-Master Dharmamitra and Clerical Misogyny in Fifth Century Buddhism, Tibet Journal, vol. 9, no. 4 (1984), pp. 33-46.
    • Cited by Kuijp in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, vol. 57 (1994), p. 606, noting that he often refers to Dharmakīrti in this work.
    • A commentary on the Abhisamayālaṅkāra preserved only in the Tibetan translation. Peter Skilling, Symbols on the Body, Feet and Hands of a Buddha: Part II, Short Lists, Journal of the Siam Society, vol. 84, no. 1 (1996), p. 5.
    • Verhagen, SIBH4, p. 574.
    • Luczanits, Sources, p. 97.
  • Vinayasūtraṭīkā ('Dul ba'i mdo'i rgya cher 'grel pa). Tôh. no. 4120. Dergé Tanjur, vol. 'U, folios 1v.1-388r.7, continued in vol. YU, folios 1v.1-390r.7. Tr. by Jinamitra and Klu'i rgyal mtshan. The author is a 'Tokharian.'
    • Dergé colophon: 'phags pa gzhi thams cad yod par smra ba'i 'dul ba kun las btus pa'i rgya cher 'grel pa 'di ni 'phags pa gzhi thams cad yod par smra ba'i 'dul ba 'dzin pa chen po // tho gar gyi bye brag tu smra ba'i slob dpon dharma mi tras mdzad pa dbang phyug dam pa'i mnga' bdag dpal lha btsan po'i bka' lung gis / 'phags pa gzhi thams cad yod par smra ba'i 'dul ba 'dzin pa chen po kha che bye brag tu smra ba'i slob dpon dzi na mi tra dang / zhu chen gyi lo tsā ba bande klu'i rgyal mtshan gyis bsgyur cing zhus te gtan la phab pa / 'di la shlo ka ni nyi khri chig stong yod / bam po ni bdun cur byas so.
    • Banerjee, SL, pp. 44-45. Colophon has the following alternative title: Sarvanikāyasamastavinayapiṭakapradhāna Āryamūlasarvāstivādavinayasamuccayaṭīkā (Sde pa thams cad kyi 'dul ba'i sde snod mtha' dag gi gtso bor gyur pa 'phags pa gzhi thams cad yod par smra ba'i 'dul ba kun las btus pa'i rgya cher 'grel pa).