gnyag dza nya na ku ma ra

གཉག་ཛ་ཉ་ན་ཀུ་མ་ར
one of Padmasambhava's 25 disciples [RY]

ye shes gzhon nu - Jnana Kumara of Nyag. Jnana Kumara means 'Youthful Wakefulness.' Early Tibetan monk and expert translator who received the Four Great Rivers of Transmission from Padmasambhava, Vimalamitra, Vairochana and Yudra Nyingpo. He worked closely with Vimalamitra in translating tantras of Mahayoga and Ati Yoga. He is also known as Nyag Lotsawa and by his secret initiation name Drimey Dashar, 'Flawless Moonlight.' His initiation flower, along with Trisong Deutsen's, fell on Chemchok Heruka. Subsequently, he received the transmission of Nectar Medicine from Padmasambhava. He practiced in the Crystal Cave of Yarlung, where he drew water from solid rock; it is said this water still flows today. Among his later incarnations is Dabzang Rinpoche, a 19th-century contemporary of Jamg�n Kongtr�l the First. Jnana Kumara means 'Youthful Wakefulness.' [RY]