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Dīpaṅkara (Mar me mdzad)

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  • Since this is just another name for Dīpaṅkaraśrījñāna (when it isn't a name for a Buddha that preceded Śākyamuni), see under that for listings of works.
  • Strong, RB, pp. 28-29. Name of a Buddha of the past. It was in His presence that the future Śākyamuni, then named Sumedha, vowed to become Buddha.
  • Schaeffer, Crystal: Lacking in Dngul sgong list; Gser sgong list no. 9 (Mar me mdzad); Shel sgong list no. 9; Brda'i man ngag list no. 29 (Mar me mdzad pa).
  • In Vajrāsana's prayer in Egyed, Mahāsiddha no. 22.
  • Sørensen, TBH, pp. 387, 340, 377, 456.
  • Banerji, Bengal, pp. 29-30.
  • Snellgrove, Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, pp. 50, 52, 74, 316, 317.
  • Blue Annals, pp. 31, 44, 368, 732, 858.
  • Tucci, TPS, p. 609.
  • Nakamura, pp. 84, 85.
  • Jackson, EGW, pp. 113, 409.