'Bu na A na

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

'Bu na A na (ms. PT 44 l. 18. 1-2 ) 

'Bu na (ms. PT 44 l. 19.2-3 ) 

dBu na A nang (ms. PT 699 2r7) 

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

'Bu na ? = dBu na ? 

Period of activity 

VIIIth century ? 

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan ? 

Biographical data 

'Bu na A na received instructions [on performing phur bu ritual practice (in direct transmission from Padma Sam ba ba ?)] (ms. PT 44 l. 17.4-18.3 ). 

'Bu na A na and Dre Tathagata accomplished [phur bu ritual practice] in Brag dmar brag at the bSam yas cave, "'Bu na" hit the rock of As po (ms. PT 44 l. 18.3-19.4 ). 

'Bu na A na was also a contemporary of Ba bor Be ro tsa, and Kha rtse Nya na si ga  (ms. PT 44 l. 16.5-17.4). 

dBu na A nang is mentioned in a list of Buddhist practioners who achieved nirvâna "without remainder of the aggregates" (phung po lhag pa ma lus pa) including : Lang 'gro dKon mchog 'byung gnas, gNubs Nam kai snying po, 'Brom za Ti pang, Rlang Su ga ta go ba, and Mar kong za Rin cen (ms. PT 699 2r7-2v1). 

Titles 

grub pa po (ms. PT 699 l. 2v1).

Notes

On ms. PT 699, see Meinert 2007 

On ms. PT 44, see Bischoff Hartman 1971 p. 21-26, Kapstein 2000 p. 158-159, Cantwell, Mayer 2008 p. 62. 

According to C. Meinert, the names "dBu na A nang" and "'Bu na A na" are possibly two variations of the same name (see Meinert 2007, also Cantwell Mayer 2008 p. 51). 

"dBu na A nang" and "'Bu na A na", which could be transcriptions of a foreign name, have been compared to the name of "A nanta" (sk. Ānanda), a Kashmiri brahmin mentioned in dBa' bzhed who worked as an interpreter for Śāntarakṣita at the time of his arrival in Ra sa (Cantwell, Mayer 2008 p. 51, see dBa' bzhed 2010ed. p. 14, transl. in Wangdu Diemberger 2000 p. 45-46, see also sBa bzhed 2010 ed. p. 83 and rBa bzhed 2010 ed. p. 269-270). 

Another relatively similar sounding name is found in the Srid rgyud: rGya A nan u nan (see Blo gros thog med 2010ed. p. 298 : "...dang po mkhas pa bande rnams la bka' gyod btab pas / was tang la byams pa dang / gnub nam mkha'i snying po dang / snyer stag btsan ldong zig dang / bran ka dpal chen po dang / rma a tsa ra rin chen dang / rgya a nan u nan dang / nyang ting 'dzing bzang po dang / de bdun la bka' gyod rmed pas...", see also p. 299). 

See also "U na a nam" in Klong chen chos 'byung "/ u na a nam gyis rang lus sprul pa bsam gyis mi khyab pa 'byin nus /" (1991 ed. p. 355-356)