ཉི་མ་རྒྱལ་མཚན་དཔལ་བཟང་པོ། | Glossary of Terms

A famous translator who lived during the fourteenth century ᴄᴇ. He is said to have spent fourteen years in Nepal and to have mastered the Sanskrit language to the degree that he was able to translate Indian works without the help of Indian paṇḍitas. He belonged to the Chel (dpyal) family, who owned Tharpaling (thar pa gling) monastery, a renowned translation center. Nyima Gyaltsen Palsangpo translated the “thirteen late-translated sūtras” with Ānandaśrī, as well as several tantras, tantra commentaries, hymns, and works on grammar and medicine. He was one of the most important teachers of Butön Rinchen Drup (bu ston rin chen grub, 1290–1364), the famous scholar and redactor of the Tibetan Buddhist canon.

Also known as “the translator from Tharpa Ling,” he was a Tibetan who translated several Kangyur texts, working mainly with Indian and Nepalese paṇḍitas. He was also one of the teachers of the famous scholar Butön Rinchen Drup (1290–1364).

Also known as “the translator from Tharpa Ling,” he was a Tibetan who translated several Kangyur texts, working mainly with Indian and Nepalese paṇḍitas. He was also one of the teachers of the famous scholar Butön Rinchen Drup (1290–1364).