Ratnarakshita, Ratnarakṣita, Ratna-rakshita: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ratnarakṣita can be transliterated into English as Ratnaraksita or Ratnarakshita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of HeroesRatnarakṣita (रत्नरक्षित) is the author of the Padminī commentary on the Saṃvarodayatantra, which was probably composed in Nepal after the compilation of the Kālacakra in India.—The Saṃvarodaya was translated into Tibetan (D 373/P 20) by Gzhan la phan pa mtha’ yas (Indian) and Rgyus ban de smon lam grags (Tibetan). Their translation was finalized by Gzhon nu dpal (late 14th–15th century), who used Vanaratna’s (mid-14th to mid-15th century) Sanskrit manuscript of this scripture. Ratnarakṣita, who composed the Padminī commentary on the Saṃvarodaya, was active around 1200 CE. After the downfall of Vikramaśīla in the beginning of the 13th century, Ratnarakṣita came to Nepal (Lewis 1996, p. 156). It is not certain when Gzhan la phan pa mtha’ yas and Rgyus ban de smon lam grags, who were the two translators of the Saṃvarodaya, were active. However, it is very likely that Ratnarakṣita flourished after Padmavajra and Jayasena, who were a commentator and a translator of the Ḍākārṇava, respectively. Padmavajra and Jayasena most likely flourished in the 12th century.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryRatnarakṣita (रत्नरक्षित):—[=ratna-rakṣita] [from ratna] m. Name of a scholar, [Buddhist literature]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Rakshita, Ratna.
Full-text: Padmini, Samvarodayatantra.
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Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 1 - Kodrakpa and students < [Book 9 - Kodrakpa and Niguma]
Chapter 12 - Disagreements in (Kālacakra) lineage accounts < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
Chapter 28 - Paṇḍita Vanaratna < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 151-153 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]