'Dzi na mi tra

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

'Dzi myi tra (ms. PT 24) 

'Dzin myi thra (ms. PT 51) 

'Dzi na mi tra (ms. PT 79, PT 797) 

Jinamitra (reconstructed name) 

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

rGya gar (Indian) 

mkhan po 

Period of activity 

IXth century 

Reign of Khri lDe srong brtsan ? 

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan ? 

Biographical data 

'Dzi na mi tra worked with Shi lin dra bo de, Da na shi la and ban de Ye shes sde on the translation of buddhist texts into Tibetan (ms.PT 24, PT 51, PT 79, PT 797). 

Titles 

mkhan po (ms. PT 24, PT 51, PT 79, PT 797) 

Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 24, 51, 79, 797. 

'Dzi na mi tra was of Kashmiri origin according to Nyang Nyi ma 'od zer and the chronicle attributed to Ne'u Pandita ( "kha che'i paṇ ḍi ta dzi na mi tra" Nyang Nyi ma 'od zer 2010 ed. p. 389, "kha che mkhan po dzî na mi tra" Ne'u Pandita 2005 ed. p. 24). 

According to sGra sbyor bam po gnyis pa and Ne'u Pandita, 'Dzi na mi tra was in Tibet in the time of Khri lDe srong brtsan (see "dzi na mi tra" in rTa rdo 2005 ed. p. 70, 205, "arya dzi na mi tra" in Ne'u Pandita 2005 ed. p. 23). 

'Dzi na mi tra is also listed among the indian scholars invited in the time of Khri gTsug lde brtsan Ral pa can (see "dzi na mi tra" in Nyang Nyi ma 'od zer 2010 ed. p. 389, "dzî na mi tra" in Ne'u Pandita 2005 ed. p. 24, "dzi na mi tra" in Sa skya bSod nams rgyal mtshan 2005 ed. p. 227, see also transl. in Sørensen 1994 p. 411).