Vrttamalastuti of Jnanasrimitra with Sakyaraksita’s Vrttamala(stuti)vivrti
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Studia Indo-Buddhica
Book: 1Author
Edition
1st. ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8177421611, 9788177421613
Length
177p., Bibliography; 23cm.
Subjects
The Vrttamalastuti or Praise in the Form of a Garland of Metres Counted by Syllables is a unique piece of literature composed by Jnanasrimitra, who taught Buddhist philosophy and other subjects at the university of Vikramasila in the first half of the 11th century. This work illustrates 150 metres in the form of a hymn, as indicated by its title. The addressee is the Bodhisattva Manjusri. With great ingenuity Jnanasrimitra manages to include the name of each ...
