Lotsawa
Encyclopedia
Lotsawa is a Tibetan
word used as a title to refer to the native Tibetan translators, such as Vairotsana
, Rinchen Zangpo
, Marpa
and others, who worked alongside Indian scholars or pandita
s to translate the texts of the buddhist canon into Tibetan from Sanskrit, Chinese and other Asian languages. It is thought to derive from the Sanskrit
locchāva, which is said to mean ‘bilingual’ or ‘eyes of the world.’ The term is also used to refer to modern-day translators of Tibetan buddhist texts.
Yeshe De (ye shes sde), a Nyingmapa, was the principal lotsawa of the first wave of translations from Sanskrit to Tibetan.
Yudra Nyingpo
(Wylie: gyu sgra snying po), one of the chief disciples of Vairotsana, was also a principal lotsawa of the first translation stage of texts into Tibetan.
Tibetan language
The Tibetan languages are a cluster of mutually-unintelligible Tibeto-Burman languages spoken primarily by Tibetan peoples who live across a wide area of eastern Central Asia bordering the Indian subcontinent, including the Tibetan Plateau and the northern Indian subcontinent in Baltistan, Ladakh,...
word used as a title to refer to the native Tibetan translators, such as Vairotsana
Vairotsana
This article is about the Tibetan translator. For the primordial Buddha Vairocana, please see VairocanaVairotsana of 'Pagor' was a Tibetan translator living during the reign of King Trisong Detsen...
, Rinchen Zangpo
Rinchen Zangpo
Rinchen Zangpo , also known as Lha Lama Yeshe O'd or Mahaguru, was a principal lotsawa or translator of Sanskrit Buddhist texts into Tibetan during the second diffusion of Buddhism in Tibet . He was a student of the famous Indian master, Atisha. His associates included Legpai Sherab...
, Marpa
Marpa Lotsawa
Marpa Lotsawa , sometimes known fully as Lhodak Marpa Choski Lodos or commonly as Marpa the Translator, was a Tibetan Buddhist teacher credited with the transmission of many Buddhist teachings to Tibet from India, including the teachings and lineages of Vajrayana and Mahamudra.-Biography:Born as...
and others, who worked alongside Indian scholars or pandita
Pandita
Paṇḍita is a Sanskrit word meaning learned master. The word pundit is derived from pandit or pandita...
s to translate the texts of the buddhist canon into Tibetan from Sanskrit, Chinese and other Asian languages. It is thought to derive from the Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
locchāva, which is said to mean ‘bilingual’ or ‘eyes of the world.’ The term is also used to refer to modern-day translators of Tibetan buddhist texts.
Yeshe De (ye shes sde), a Nyingmapa, was the principal lotsawa of the first wave of translations from Sanskrit to Tibetan.
Yudra Nyingpo
Yudra Nyingpo
'Yudra Nyingpo' was one of the chief disciples of Vairotsana and one of the principal 'translators' of the first translation stage of texts into Tibetan....
(Wylie: gyu sgra snying po), one of the chief disciples of Vairotsana, was also a principal lotsawa of the first translation stage of texts into Tibetan.