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Patsab Nyima Drak

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Patsab Nyima Drak (Wyl. pa tshab nyi ma grags pa) (1055-1145?) — an important scholar and translator of the New Translation period, who is best known for the key role he played in establishing the Madhyamika Prasangika teachings in Tibet. He translated the most important texts of this tradition, including Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamaka-karika, Aryadeva's Four Hundred Verses, and Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara.

Students

The so-called ‘Four Sons of Patsab’ are referred to in a verse of Taktsang Lotsawa:

As regards the GreatMiddle Way, the supreme tradition of Nagarjuna,
The excellent clarifications made by Chandrakirti, translated by Nyima Drak,
Came down to the four sons...

There are different ways of listing them. According to one, they were:

  1. Gangpa She’u, who was learned in the words,
  2. Tsangpa Dregur (gtsang pa ‘bre sgur/skur), who was learned in the meaning,
  3. Mabja Changchub Tsöndrü, who was learned in both words and meaning, and
  4. Shangthang Sakpa Yeshe Jungne, who was learned in neither words nor meaning.

Shakya Chokden names Tsangpa Sarbö (gtsang pa sar sbos) as the son who was learned in the words and Daryulwa Rinchen Drak as the son learned in the meaning.

Further Reading

Source

RigpaWiki:Patsab Nyima Drak