Two Early Biographical Accounts of Atiśa Preserved in Tangut Sources

While the extant Tibetan biographies of Atiśa Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna (982-1054) are abundant, most of the datable ones were completed three hundred years after Atiśa’s death. However, two Tangut manuscripts offer early biographical accounts of Atiśa as they were written in the Tangut State (1038-1227). C...

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Main Author: Ma, Zhouyang (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: JAOS
Year: 2025, Volume: 145, Issue: 1, Pages: 65–90
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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