In list of South Asian pundits in Bu ston's History (1989), p. 281.6: Dza ga ta mi tra ā nanta.
Blue Annals, pp. 1031-1034, 1042. See also under Mitra.
In SERS, pp. 128-9 is a very interesting sketch of his life, but most interesting, a reference to an inscription in Bodhgaya which uses his names Mitra and Jaganmitra (Śrīmajjaganmitraḥ), called chief of the siddha clan, and preceptor of Jayacandradeva, the king of Varanasi. The reference for this is to Indian Historical Quarterly, March 1927, pp. 14-30. See Candrarājalekhā, listed below.
A khu ching Shes rab rgya mtsho (1803-1875), Mi tra dzo ki'i rtogs brjod ('Phags yul mkhas grub yongs kyi gtsug rgyan grub pa'i slob dpon chen po mi tra dzo ki'i rtogs pa brjod pa zung 'jug grub pa'i gtam snyan), contained in his Collected Works, Ngawang Sopa (New Delhi 1973), vol. 1.
Lokesh Chandra, The Biography of Mitra-Yogin, contained in: Śata-piṭaka series, Indo-Asian Literatures Volume 37 (New Delhi 1965), pt. 1, pp. 149-160.
Grub chen mi tra dzo ki'i rnam thar zhes bya ba rigs ldan gyi skye bo chos la bkod pa'i bstan bcos, a cursive manuscript in 28 folios listed in de Rossi Filibeck, Catalogue, vol. 2, p. 340 (no. 702).
Rin chen rgyal mtshan, aka 'Od zer 'bar, Rgyal sras mi tra'i rnam thar rgya mtsho ljon shing, contained in: Rare bKa' brgyud pa Texts from the Library of Ri bo che Rje drung of Padma bkod, "comprising a selection of Bde mchog snyan rgyud texts and the rnam thar of Mitrayogin written by Rin chen rgyal mtshan," Tseten Dorji (Tezu 1974), pp. 449-563. Colophon: rje btsun mi tra chen po'i rnam thar 'di nyid ni // // skye ba snga ma mi tra nyid dang zhal mjal nas // chos dang gdam ngag dpag tu med pa thob pa'i // dge slong rin chen rgyal mtshan ['od zer 'bar yang zer ro] kyis // ma 'ongs pa'i sems can rnams la phan pa'i don dang // khyad par du'ang // mi tra'i chos rgyud 'dzin pa dang / mkha' 'gro gsang lam gyi rgyud 'dzin rnams la // phan pa'i don du // yi ger bkod pa'o // dus phyis bud dha rad nas // bsgyur ba zab mo bstan pa'i sgron me dpal dang dang ldan par shog // dpe yig gsang lam thob pa'i gang zag ma gtogs pa // gzhan la me bstan pa'i bka' rgya yod // gsung [bhut na] ngo // bkra shis par gyur cig // zhus dag par yod a la la.
Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp, On the Lives of Śākyaśrībhadra (?-?1225), Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 114, no. 4 (1994), pp. 599-616, at p. 602, gives the following list of 5 biographies found in the Tibetan Library (then in Beijing): [1] Grub chen mi tra dzho ki mdzad pa nyi shu pa'i rnam thar, by Rat na pradznya (i.e., Rin chen shes rab, or Dkon mchog shes rab), a student of Mkhan chen Grags pa tshul khrims. [2] Rgyal sras mi tra dzo ki'i rnam thar 'bring po, in 37 fols. Khro phu Lo tsā ba's translation of a Sanskrit original which functioned as a preliminary reading for the Gsang sgrub lha bcu gsum cycle. [3] Chos rje mi tra 'dzo'i ke'i rnam thar, fols. 8. Author? [4] Mi tra'i rnam thar, fols. 11. By Thog ston Chos kyi rgya mtsho shes rab rdo rje. This is also based on an account of his 20 wonders (nyi shu ya mtshan can gyi gtam). [5] Rgyal ba'i sras po mi tra dzo ki'i rnam par thar pa ma rig pa'i mun pa sel ba'i sgron me, fols. 5. By (?) Khro phu Lo tsā ba, in 5 fols. Supplies the following text lineage: Khro phu Lo tsā ba, Rtsangs pa Dbang phyug grags, Rgya ston Kun dga' brtson 'grus, Mkhan chen Bo de bha dra (Byang chub bzang po).
Leonard van der Kuijp has delivered at the Association for Asian Studies (1997) a paper entitled Notes on the Life of the Indian Master Mitrayogin. Reference was made here to a so-called 'Indian biography' (rnam thar rgya gar ma).
A collection representing his "One Hundred and Eight Deities" (Thugs dam gyi lha mchog brgya rtsa brgyad kyi mngon par rtogs pa mu tig phreng ba rgya gzhung dang khyad med) is contained in Rgyud sde kun btus, N. Lungtok & N. Gyaltsan (Delhi 1071-72), vol. 23, pp. 153-269. This should correspond in large part to the sādhana texts that are listed below.
Biography written by Rgya ston Kun dga', entitled Grub chen mi tra dzwo ki'i rnam thar, in 12 folios. Drepung Catalog, p. 1558.
Kimiaki Tanaka, Mitrayogin's Collection of One Hundred Mandalas and Their Iconography: A Handscroll in the Hahn Cultural Foundation, contained in: ICEBS editorial board, Esoteric Buddhist Studies: Identity in Diversity (Koyasan 2008), pp. 243-248.
Bibliography:
Abhisamayamuktāmālā (Mngon par rtogs pa mu tig gi phreng ba). Tr. by Paṇ chen Don yod rdo rje or Rdo rje gdan pa. Not listed in Tôh. catalogue.
Arapacanasādhana (A ra pa tsa na'i sgrub thabs). Tôh. no. 2714. Dergé Tanjur, vol. NU, folios 80v.3-81v.1. Tr. by Vibhūticandra and Chos rje dpal.
Arapacanasādhana (A ra pa tsa na'i sgrub thabs). Tôh. no. 2715. Dergé Tanjur, vol. NU, folios 81v.1-82v.2. Tr. by Rgya mtsho'i sde.
Avalokiteśvarasaptākṣarasādhana ('Phags pa spyan ras gzigs dbang phyug yi ge bdun pa'i sgrub thabs). Tôh. no. 2138. Dergé Tanjur, vol. TSHI, folios 197v.4-199r.5. Tr. by the author and Byams pa'i dpal.
Bandhavimuktopadeśa ('Ching ba rnam grol gyi man ngag). Tôh. no. 2466. Dergé Tanjur, vol. ZI, folio 141r.4-141r.6. Tr. by the author and Byams pa'i dpal.
Drepung Catalog, p. 1273: 'Ching ba rnam grol gyi rtsa 'grel. Rgya gar Grub thob Chen po Shri dza ka ta mi tra a nanta pa'i zhal snga nas.
Bhagavadekajaṭasādhana (Dpal bcom ldan 'das ral pa gcig pa'i sgrub thabs). Tôh. no. 2123. Dergé Tanjur, vol. TSHI, folio 170r.6-170v.6. Tr. by the author and Byams pa'i dpal.
Sanskrit title given in Dergé reads: shrī e ka dza ṭī bha ga wān sā dha naṃ. Dergé colophon: dpal bcom ldan 'das ral pa gcig pa'i man ngag khungs phyung ba / slob dpon chen po mi pham sbas pas bsdus pa rdzogs so // // rnal 'byor gyi dbang phyug shrī mi tra dang / gnubs lo tsā ba mai tri shrīs bsgyur ba'o.
Bhagavadekajaṭasādhana (Dpal bcom ldan 'das ral pa gcig pa'i sgrub thabs). Tôh. no. 2124. Dergé Tanjur, vol. TSHI, folios 170v.6-171v.1. Tr. by Śrījaganmitrānanda (the author) and Byams pa'i dpal.
Candrarājalekhā (Rgyal po zla ba la springs pa'i spring yig). Tôh. no. 4189. Dergé Tanjur, vol. NGE, folios 71v.5-73v.6. Tr. by the author and Lo chung Gnubs Tshul khrims shes rab. In letters section. Letter to King Candra.
Text and German translation in Dietz, BBI, pp. 320-339.
Some re-Sanskritize the name of the king as Jayacandra. (Note the Jayacandradeva, king of Varanasi, mentioned above!)
Caturaṅgadharmacaryā (Chos spyod yan lag bzhi pa). Tôh. no. 3979. Dergé Tanjur, vol. GI, folios 258r.6-258v.5. Tr. by the author and Gnubs Byams pa'i dpal.
Dvayabhrātṛkasādhana (Gnod sbyin spun gnyis kyi sgrub thabs). Tôh. no. 2132. Dergé Tanjur, vol. TSHI, folios 178r.7-179r.2. Tr. by the author and Byams pa'i dpal.
Ekajaṭāsādhana (Dpal ral gcig ma'i sgrub thabs). Tôh. no. 2126. Dergé Tanjur, vol. TSHI, folios 172r.7-173v.1. Tr. by Śrījaganmitrānanda and Byams pa'i dpal.
Khasarpaṇapitṛmātṛsādhana (Dpal kha sar pa ṇa yab yum gyi sgrub thabs). Tôh. no. 2131. Dergé Tanjur, vol. TSHI, folios 177v.7-178r.7. Tr. by Mitrānanda (the author) and Byams pa'i dpal.
Paravaśīkaraṇa (Pha rol dbang du bya ba). Tôh. no. 2471. Dergé Tanjur, vol. ZI, folio 143v.1-143v.7. Tr. by the author and Gnubs Lo tsā ba.
Samādhyabhiṣeka (Ting nge 'dzin gyi dbang bskur ba). Tôh. no. 2470. Dergé Tanjur, vol. ZI, folio 143r.1-143v.1. Tr. by the author and Gnubs Lo tsā ba.
Phyag chen khrid mdzod, vol. 3, pp. 475-480, although it isn't certain this is the same text.
Siddhasanmārganirṇaya (Grub pa dam pa'i lam nges pa). Tôh. no. 2467. Dergé Tanjur, vol. ZI, folio 141r.7-141v.7. Not attributed in the catalogue, although it's probably by same as 2468.
Paṇ chen Bla ma I Blo bzang chos kyi rgyal mtshan, Snying po don gsum gyi khrid 'phags pa spyan ras gzigs la brten pa shin tu legs pa zhig. Same author, Snying po don gsum gyi khrid. Paṇ chen Bla ma II Blo bzang ye shes, Snying po don gsum gyi khrid yig thams cad mkhyen pa'i bgrod pa'i nye lam. Denwood, Catalogue, nos. 166, 167, 168.
Jñalchen Namḍol, Mahāsiddha Maitrī Yogī Dvārā Upadiṣṭa Hṛdayārthatraya (Sgrub chen mai trī yo gīs mdzad pa'i snying po don gsum), Dhīḥ: Journal of the Rare Buddhist Texts Research Unit, vol. 45 (2008), pp. 39-50.
Śrīsaptayogamārgaviniścaya (Dpal rnal 'byor bdun gyi lam rnam par nges pa). Tôh. no. 2469. Dergé Tanjur, vol. ZI, folios 142r.1-143r.1 Not attributed in the catalogue, but probably by the same as preceding and following texts.
Śuklamañjughoṣapūjāvidhi ('Jam dpal dkar po mchod pa'i cho ga). Tôh. no. 2716. Dergé Tanjur, vol. NU, folios 82v.2-84r.4. Tr. by Śrīpanaratna [Vanaratna?] and Chos 'khor Lo tsā ba. Revised by Rgya mtsho.
Tathāgatalokeśvarapañcadevasādhana (De bzhin gshegs pa 'jig rten dbang phyug lha lnga'i sgrub thabs). Tôh. no. 2857. Dergé Tanjur, vol. NU, folios 196v.5-197r.6. Tr. by Gnubs Lo tsā ba.
Yogasāra (Rnal 'byor snying po). Tôh. no. 2855. Dergé Tanjur, vol. NU, folio 196r.1-196r.4. Tr. by the author and Byams pa.
Yogasvacittagranthamocakopadeśa (Rnal 'byor pa rang gi sems mdud pa 'grol ba'i man ngag). Tôh. no. 2468. Dergé Tanjur, vol. ZI, folios 141v.7-142r.7. Tr. by Gnubs Lo tsā ba.
