Patshap Tsultrim Gyaltsen

Patshap Tsultrim Gyaltsen (T. pa tshab tshul khrims rgyal mtshan) (eleventh–twelfth c.) - the Tibetan translator of Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna (The Application of Mindfulness of the Sacred Dharma).

He studied the Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna with Subhūticandra at Vikramaśīla.

The Dharmachakra Translation Committee states:

In spite of his prominent role in producing this translation of the [Application of Mindfulness of the Sacred Dharma (AMSD)], Patshap Tsultrim Gyaltsen does not appear to have translated any other texts contained in the Kangyur. We do, however, find a Tsultrim Gyaltsen, who may very likely be the same person, listed as the translator of a number of tantric practice manuals contained in the Tengyur, at times working with the paṇḍita named Abhayākaragupta (who we just saw was involved in the translation of the AMSD). Apart from such brief listings of his name, however, we sadly have no other information available about this important figure in the history of Tibetan Buddhism.