There appear to be two Jnanasutras, with different Tibetan orthographies for their names.
The first, , flourished from the 5th-6th centuries. According to Dzogchen legends, he was an early
Dzogchen
Dzogchen (, "Great Perfection" or "Great Completion"), also known as ''atiyoga'' ( utmost yoga), is a tradition of teachings in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and Yungdrung Bon aimed at discovering and continuing in the ultimate ground of existence. ...
practitioner of
Vajrayāna Buddhism and a disciple of
Sri Singha. This Jnanasutra was a spiritual brother of
Vimalamitra, another principal disciple of Sri Singha.
According to
Tarthang Tulku (1980), the second ''Jnanasutra'' was the principal
lotsawa () of the 8th-9th century of the first wave of translations from Sanskrit to Tibetan.
[Rhaldi, Sherab (undated). 'Ye-Shes-sDe; Tibetan Scholar and Saint'. '' Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library''. Source]
(accessed: Wednesday April 1, 2009)
In
Jigme Lingpa
Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798) was a Tibetan ''tertön'' of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He was the promulgator of the Longchen Nyingthig, the Heart Essence teachings of Longchenpa, from whom, according to tradition, he received a vis ...
's terma of the
ngöndro of the
Longchen Nyingthig he writes what approximates the phonemic Sanskrit of 'Jnanasutra' in Tibetan script as , rather than his name in Tibetan and this comes just after a sentence to Sri Singha and before mentioning Vimalamitra.
See also
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Menngagde
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Madhyamākalaṃkāra
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