Bo de sva tva

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

Bo de sva tva (ms. ITJ 689 l. 2v4)

Bo de sat tva (ms. PT 149 l. r7)

Bodhisattva (reconstructed name)

Shan ta rag shi ta (ms. PT 814 l. 5r2, 5r6) 

Śāntarakṣita (reconstructed name)

Shantarakshita (reconstructed name)

Social groups (status, family, lineage...) 

rGya gar (Indian) 

mkhan po 

Period of activity 

VIIIth century 

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan  

Biographical data 

Bo de sva tva was an Indian mkhan po in the time of Khri Srong lde brtsan (ms. ITJ 689 l. 2v4, PT 149 l. r7)

Bo de sva tva's disciples were : dBa' Ye shes dbang po, dBa' dPal dbyangs, Ngan lam rGyal mchog dbyangs, 'Go 'bom rDo rje rgyal po, Jeng gSal rab rin po che, Myang mChog rab gzho nu, Myang gSha' myi go cha, Gle'u gZho nu snying po, lHa lung dPal gyi rdo rje, Chog ro dPal gyi seng ge, Cog ro Byams pa'i seng ge, Chog ro Chos bshes nyes, etc. (ms. ITJ 689 l. 2v4-2v5). 

Titles 

mkhan po (ms. ITJ 689 l. 2v4, PT 814 l. 5r2)

a tsa rya (ms. PT 814 l. 5r6) 

Notes

On ms. ITJ 689 see Karmay 2007 p. 76-80.

On ms. PT 814 see Ruegg 1981.

According to later chronicles the Za hor mkhan po Bo dhi sa tva Shandha rakshi ta was invited in the time of Khri Srong lde btsan (see among others Ne'u Pandita 2005 ed. p. 20, for a detailed account of the invitation see : dBa' bzhed 2010 ed. p. 10-20, transl. in Wangdu, Diemberger, Sørensen 2000 p. 40-53).

According to dBa' bzhed, Bo dhi sa tva was the son of the king of Zahor (dBa' bzhed 2010 p. 13, 39 transl. in Wangdu, Diemberger, Sørensen 2000 p. 42, 79).

Myang Sha mi, rGya, gNyags Bi ma la, and Ka ma la shi la were Bo dhi sa tva's disciples (dBa' bzhed 2010 ed. p. 39, transl. in Wangdu, Diemberger, Sørensen 2000 p. 80).

Bo dhi sa tva made the suggestion of inviting Pad ma sam bha ba to Tibet (dBa' bzhed 2010 ed. p. 20, transl. in Wangdu, Diemberger, Sørensen 2000 p. 52).