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Shantideva
8th-century Indian Buddhist monk and scholar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shantideva (Sanskrit: Śāntideva; Chinese: 寂天; Tibetan: ཞི་བ་ལྷ།, THL: Zhiwa Lha; Mongolian: Шантидэва гэгээн; Vietnamese: Tịch Thiên) was an 8th-century CE Indian philosopher, Buddhist monk, poet, and scholar at the mahavihara of Nalanda. He was an adherent of the Mādhyamaka philosophy of Nāgārjuna.
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Born | c. 685 CE |
Died | c. 763 CE |
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He is also considered to be one of the 84 mahasiddhas and is known as Bhusuku Pa (布苏固巴).[1]