Jinamitra

Jinamitra was an Indian pandita who travelled to Samye in the Tibetan Empire to engage in translation, at the time of Trisong Detsen, in the eighth century CE.^[1] Jinamitra worked with Jñānagarbha and Devacandra to translate the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra^[2] and was a famous lotsawa (translator).^[3] He is also known for his translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra from Sanskrit to Tibetan.^[4]