Jinamitra
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Jinamitra (T. dzi na mi tra/rgyal ba'i bshes gnyen ཛི་ན་མི་ཏྲ།/རྒྱལ་བའི་བཤེས་གཉེན་) was an Indian paṇḍita who was active in Tibet during the ninth century. He may have been from Kashmir. He likely worked at Samye Monastery, under the auspices of the King Trisong Detsen of Tibet.[1]
He and was involved with the translation of nearly two hundred texts, continuing into the reign of King Tri Ralpachen (r. 815-38 ᴄᴇ). He was among the small group of panditas responsible for the Mahavyutpatti Sanskrit–Tibetan dictionary.[2]
He also passed on the teaching of monastic discipline, including its pith instructions.[3]
His works include a commentary on the Yogacarabhumi-sastra:
- Commentary on the Levels of Yogic Deeds. Yogācārabhūmivyākhyā. Rnal ’byor spyod pa’i sa rnam par bshad pa. Toh 4043, Cittamātra, ’i.”[4]
- Further reading
Alex Gardner (2019), Jinamitra, Treasury of Lives
Notes
Sources
Chim Jampaiyang (2019), Jinpa, Thupten, ed., Ornament of Abhidharma: A Commentary on Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosa, translated by Coghlan, Ian James (Apple Books ed.), Library of Tibetan Classics