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*Divākara (Nyin mor mdzad)

Dictionary Definition: 

  • Probably the same as Nyin mor byed pa, and possibly the same as the following.
  • Niyogi, BSAB, p. 41. Gives him alternative names Divākaracandra, Devākaracandra, or Devākara.
  • Antonino Forte, Divākara (613-688), Un Monaco Indiano nella Cina dei T'ang, Annali della Facoltà di Lingue et Letterature Straniere di Ca' Foscari, vol. 13, no. 1 (1974), pp. 135-164. The same author has written more on the subject.
  • Possibly the subject of the following work: Paṇḍi ta chos kyi nyin mor byed pa'i rtogs pa brjod pa'i yal 'dab, listed de Rossi Filibeck, Catalogue, vol. 2, p. 332.
  • Translator into Chinese of the Zao ta gong de jing, in 680. Strong, RB, p. 10. It contains directions for making what Tibetans call tsha tsha.
  • Mookerji, Ancient, p. 607. A monk from central India who translated 19 works into Chinese between 676 and 688 CE.
  • Kuijp, Earliest, p. 172. Dipoheluo in Chinese, he was a Central Indian monk, dated 613-688, who arrived in China in 676.

Bibliography:

  • Bcom ldan 'das 'jam pa'i rdo rje'i sgrub thabs. Tôh. no. 1501. Dergé Tanjur, vol. ZHA, folios 251v.1-256v.1. Tr. by Subhūtiśānti and Dge ba'i blo gros.
    • EoB, vol. 2, fasc. 4, p. 581.
  • Dvibhujamahākālastotra (Nag po chen po phyag gnyis pa'i bstod pa).
    • According to Namdol, CS, p. 158, this is found in Peking Tanjur supplement volume, no. 4821. Note that author's name is given as Chos kyi nyin byed zhabs, which is re-Sanskritized as Dharmādityapāda.