Naropa

Naropa

male, deceased (1100)
Naropa (Tibetan; Sanskrit: "Nadaprada", 1016-1100) was an Indian Buddhist mystic and monk, the pupil of Tilopa and brother, or some sources say...
Xuanzang

Xuanzang

male, deceased (664)
Xuanzang (was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler and translator that brought up the interaction between China and India in the early...
I Ching

I Ching

male, deceased (713)
I Ching (monk) or Yi Jing (義淨, 三藏法師義淨 635-713) was a Tang Dynasty Buddhist monk, originally named Zhang Wen Ming (張文明). The written records of his...

Shantarakshita

male
Shantarakshita was an Indian sage, abbot of Nalanda University, a great center of Buddhist scholarship. Shantarakshita is believed to have been...

Alexander Cunningham

male, deceased (1893)
Sir Alexander Cunningham (23 January 1814-28 November 1893) was an English archaeologist and army engineer, known as the father of the...

Sthiramati

male
Sthiramati was a 6th century Indian Buddhist scholar-monk. He was based primarily in Valābhi (present-day Gujarat), although he is thought to have s...
Atisha

Atisha

male, deceased (1054)
Atisha’s response to his parents’ proposal as documented in Buddhist biographical texts evidences the level of commitment the young prince had for...

Vajrabodhi

male
Vajrabodhi was an Indian buddhist monk and Zhen Yan teacher in Tang China. Vajrabodhi was the second of three Vajrayana missionaries to...

Saraha

male
Saraha or Sarahapa or Sarahapada (c. 8th century CE), originally known as Rahulbhadra, is considered to be the first poet of Hindi by Mahapandit...

Candrakīrti

male, deceased (650)
Candrakīrti, (Devanagari: चन्द्रकीर्ति, Tib. "Dawa Drakpa") was abbot of Nalanda University and a disciple of Nagarjunaand a commentator on his work...