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བལ་འབངས
lit. subject of Nepal; usually refers to the Newar master Shilamanju who, together with Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra, was a co-author of the phur 'brel 'bum nag and instrumental in the spreading of teachings focussing on the deity Vajrakila both in Tibet and Nepal. Apparently Shilamanju did not stay in Tibet for very long. Having returned to Nepal he is said to have passed on the teachings on Vajrakila to the dakini Shakyadevi and a prostitute named Shanti who in turn passed the teachings on to the Newar prince Gunapatala, see rdo rje phur pa'i chos 'byung rgyud sde mang po'i gleng gzhi dang byar ba and rdo rje phur pa'i chos 'byung sdus pa by gtsang mkhan chen 'jam dbyangs dpal ldan rgya mtsho, 1610-1684, published by Taklung Tsetrul Pema Wangyal, Darjeeling, 1979 [tsd]