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Shantideva

Shantideva (Sk: Śāntideva; Zh: 寂天; Tib: ཞི་བ་ལྷ། (Shyiwa Lha, Wylie: zhi ba lha); Mn: Шантидэва гэгээн) was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist scholar at Nalanda University and an adherent of the Madhyamaka philosophy of Nagarjuna.
The Chan Ssu Lun of the Chinese Madhyamika school identifies two different individuals given the name "Shantideva": the founder of the Avaivartika Sangha in the 6th century, and a later Shantideva who studied at Nalanda in the 8th century who appears to be the source of the Tibetan biographies. Archaeological discoveries support this thesis. Two Tibetan sources of the life of Shantideva are the historians Butön and Jetsun Tāranātha. Recent scholarship has brought to light a short Sanscrit life of Shantideva in a 14th century Nepalise manuscript. An accessible account that follows the Butön closely can be found in Kunzang Pelden, The Nectar of Manjushri's speech.

Shantideva was born as a Brahmin in the southern country of Saurastra (in modern Gujarat), the son of the King Kalyanavarman and he went by the name Shantivarman.

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Born c. 685
Died c. 763

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Born c. 685
Died c. 763

Subjects

Buddhism, Doctrines, Mahayana Buddhism, Early works to 1800, Buddha and Buddhism, Buddhism, doctrines, Bodhisattva stages (Mahayana Buddhism), 294.3/85, Enlightenment (Buddhism), Indexes, Mahayana buddhism, Mahayana buddhism--doctrines--early works to 1800, Religion, Abhidharma, Bodhicaryāvatāra, Bodhisattvas, Bouddhisme, Bq3142.e5 c76 1996, Bq3142.e5 w36 1997, Buddha (The concept), Buddhism -- Doctrines, Buddhism, china, tibet autonomous region, Buddhist antiquities, Buddhist art, Buddhist gods

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Śāntideva (7th cent), Gautama Buddha

Time

Early works to 1800, Middle Mongolian, 13th century-16th century

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Alternative names

  • Śāntideva
  • Śantideva
  • 寂天
  • ཞི་བ་ལྷ།
  • Shyiwa Lha
  • zhi ba lha
  • Шантидэва гэгээн
  • Shantidéva
  • Shantideva o Shantivarman
  • Buddhist Master Shantideva

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May 3, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
May 3, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Add names in other languages and transcriptions to AKAs
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import