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• Shantarakshita [R] [IW]

• Lopon Bodhisattva, Shantarakshita, 'Guardian of Peace.' The Indian pandita and abbot of Vikramashila and of Samye who ordained the first Tibetan monks. He was an incarnation of the bodhisattva Vajrapani and is also known as Khenpo Bodhisattva or Bhikshu Bodhisattva Shantarakshita. He is the founder of a philosophical school combining Madhyamaka and Yogachara. This tradition was reestablished and clarified by Mipham Rinpoche in his commentary on the Madhyamaka Lamkara. [RY]

• Proponent of Svatantrika; Indian pandita, first half of 8th century. Shantarakshita [RY]

• Shantaraksita JV

• Indian Pandita who was invited to Tibet by King Trison Deutsen and founded Samye Monastery; proponent of the Yogachara-Svantantrika Madhyamaka, a philosophical tradition that combines the views of the Yogachara system of Asanga and the Madhyamaka philosophy of Nagarjuna. CJD
• Śāntarakṣita, a dakini that granted the Indian master Padmasambhava empowerment in Sosaling Charnel Ground. CJD