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Ratnabhadra (रत्नभद्र) is the constucted Sanskrit name for the Tibetan Lama Rin-chen-bzaṅ-po: one of the translators of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā: one of the three great works of Vāgbhaṭa.—According to the colophon, the translation was made by the Indian pundit Jārandhara and the Tibetan Lama Rin-chen-bzaṅ-po:— “[...] By India’s Professor Jārandhara and Revising Great Translator Monk Rin-chen-bzaṅ-po (Ratnabhadra) it has been [translated], revised, and edited”.

While Jārandhara is not otherwise known, Rin-chen-bzaṅ-po (or Ratnabhadra, as his name would be in Sanskrit) is one of the most outstanding figures of his time, bearing the honorary title of “great translator” (lo-tsā-ba chen-po) and holding the notable record of 150-odd translations and revisions—not to mention his many original works, among them a Sanskrit-Tibetan glossary.

Ratnabhadra (Rin-chen-bzaṅ-po) descended from a Kashmirian family, he was born 958 A.D. in the West Tibetan province of mṄa-ris. When he was 13 years old, he received his consecration at the hands of Abbot Ye-śes-bzaṅ-po. Buddhism then being at a low in his native country, he paid three visits to adjacent Kashmir and there studied Tantrayāna with 75 pundits; the most eminent among them were Śraddhākaravarman, Kamalagupta, and Jinamitra. At the age of 49, he joined the order of Bla-chen, which sought to remedy the abuses of Buddhism that had cropped up after its persecution by King Glaṅ-dar-ma. Some time later, Grand Lama lHa-lde-btsan appointed him “head monk” (dbui mchod-gnas) and “diamond professor” (rdo-rje-slob-dpon), presenting him with the estate of Zer in the South-West Tibetan province of sPu-hraṅs.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Starts with: Ratnabhadralamkara.

Full-text: Buddhashrishanti, Karagupta, Buddhapala, Shraddhakaravarman, Kamalagupta, Jinamitra, Purnabhadra, Jarandana, Samghaguhya.

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