Ba bor Be ro tsa

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

Pa gor Be ro tsa na (reconstructed name)

Be ro tsa na (ms. PT 1582 l. 5.7)

Bo ro cha na ? (ms. PT 1311)

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

Ba bor ? (= Pa gor ?)

ban de (monk)

Period of activity 

VIIIth century 

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan 

Biographical data 

Ba bor Be ro tsa and Kha rtse Nya na si ga were disciples of the a tsa rya Sam ba ba (i. e. Pad ma sam ba ba) in Tibet (ms. PT 44 l. 16.4-17.4). 

Ban 'de Be ro tsa na was a translator working with the indian mkhan po Shag kya bra ba and Su ren 'dra' bo de (ms. PT 1582 l. 5.6-5.7, see also mentions of the lo tsha pa ban de Bo ro cha na and the Indian mkhan po Shag kya pra ba and Su 'dren dra bo de in ms. PT 1311).

Titles 

lo tsa pa ban 'de (ms. PT 1582 l. 5.6-5.7)

lo tsha pa ban de ? (ms. PT 1311)

Notes 

For a translation of ms. PT 44, see Cantwell Mayer 2008 p. 57-67.

See also (another ?) Be ro tsa na, mentioned as a reviser on ms. PT 1583, verso.

In the writings attributed to dBa's gSal snang, Bee ro tsa na's father's name appears as: "Pa 'or Na 'dod" (dBa' bzhed), Pa gor Na 'dod, also named He dod (sBa bzhed) and dPa' bor Na 'dod (rBa bzhed, see dBa' bzhed bzhugs so 2010 ed. p. 33, 127, 288 and Wangdu, Diemberger, Sørensen 2000 p. 70). 

According to mKhas pa lde'u (XIIIth c.), Bee ro tsa na's (birth?) name was Ga 'jag stag and his father was sPa gor her 'dod (mKhas pa lde'u 2010 ed. p. 289).

According to Sang rgyas gling pa's O rgyan gu ru pad ma 'byung gnas kyi rnam thar (XIVth c.) Bee ro tsa na was "Pa gong Nye 'dod [=Pa kor Nye 'dod], son of sPa gor He 'dod" and his mother was Bran ka bza' sGron skyid (Sang rgyas gling pa, 2007 ed. p. 262, 279, see also U rgyan gling pa's Padma bka' thang 1996 ed. p. 407).

Bhe ro tsa na is said to have had predispositions for both buddhist and bon traditions (ban bon gnyis sgo ba) by bon po historians such as sGa ston tshul khrims rgyal mtshan (XIVth c. ?, see the bsTan pa'i shan 'byed 'phrul gyi me long, 2009 ed. p. 46). Another Ba gor is thought to be one of the mkhas pa nyi shu of the bon po tradition : Ba gor dod de rgyal ba (ibid. p. 29).

See also, Dan's "Kashgar Tiger" from october 2012 at tibeto-logic.blogspot.com for a connection between Vairocana/Bee ro tsa na/Ga 'jag, and "Ganjak" (an old name for a place near Pamirs and/or Kashgar, it seems ).

Bee ro tsa na's nickname of  "Tiger" (stag) as well as the connection with iranic speaking people of the Pamirs and Kashgar might help explaining the name "Ba bor" appearing in PT 44 since the persian word for tiger seems to be "babr".