| LC control no. | n 80102717 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Śāntideva, active 7th century |
| Variant(s) | Çāntideva, active 7th century Chi-tʻien-lun-shih, active 7th century Chŏkchʻŏn, active 7th century Rgyal-sras-chen-po Zhi-ba-lha, active 7th century Hsi-wa-la, active 7th century Jitian, active 7th century Śanti-deva, active 7th century Śāntideva, 7th cent. Shanti Deva, active 7th century Shantideva, Acharya, active 7th century Shantidėva, active 7th century Shanzav, active 7th century Syantʻideva, active 7th century Xiwala, active 7th century Zhi ba lha, active 7th century Źi-ba-lha, active 7th century Шантидева, active 7th century Шанзав, active 7th century 寂天菩薩, active 7th century 샨티데바, active 7th century Шантидэва, active 7th century |
| Biography/History note | Śāntideva (late 7th to mid-8th century CE) was a Buddhist monk, philosopher, and poet whose reflections on the overall structure of Buddhist moral commitments reach a level of generality and theoretical power that is hard to find elsewhere in Indian thought. His writings were immensely influential in the development of the Tibetan religious tradition. The Tibetan historians Butön and Taranātha tell that Śāntideva was a prince from Saurāṣṭra, a western coastal region that now forms part of the Indian state of Gujarat. A famous legend of Śāntideva's life, recounted by Butön (2013: 258-259) and often retold in Tibetan religious contexts, the master Śāntideva was a student monk at the great monastic university of Nālandā, Śāntideva was not putting any effort into the central activities expected of Nālandā's students. On the day of the festival, Śāntideva ascended the throne and asked the audience whether they would like to hear something old or something new; or in other words, whether he should recite something he had memorized, or an original composition of his own. The audience would have been surprised to hear their lazy fellow-student present one of the greatest works of poetry ever composed in the Sanskrit language. |
| Beginning date | 06 |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | The path of light ... 1909. A guide to the Bodhisattva's way of life, c1979: t.p. (Acharya Shantideva) Ācārya Śantidevayā Bodhicaryāvatāra, 1986: t.p. (Ācārya Śāntidevayā) added t.p. (Acharya Shanti Deva) Byaṅ chub sems dpaʼi spyod pa la ʼjug pa rtsa ba daṅ ʼgrel ba, 1990: t.p. (Źi-ba-lha) colophon (in Chinese: Chi-tʻien-lun-shih) Spyod ʼjng rtsa ʼgrel, 1994: t.p. (Źi-ba-lha) colophon (in Chinese: Hsi-wa-la) Byang chub sems pa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa, 1990: t.p. (Zhi ba lha) Shanzavyn i︠a︡m i︠u︡u khiĭzh baĭv, 2005: t.p. (Шанзав = Shanzav) Wikipedia, Aug. 19, 2011 (Shantideva; Sanskrit. :Śāntideva; Mongolian: Шантидева гэгээн = Shantideva gėgėėn; 8th century Indian Buddhist scholar) Spyod ʼjugs gi ʼbru ʼgrel dbu maʼi lam gyi sgron ma, 2021: title page (Rgyal-sras-chen-po Zhi-ba-lha) |
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