Nelpa Pandita

Nelpa Pandita (Nel-pa Paṇḍita)
Dragpa Monlam Lodro
Born13th century
Tibet
Diedunknown
OccupationsKadampa monk, historian
WorksNe'u chos-'byung

Nelpa Pandita Dragpa Monlam Lodro[1] (Tibetan: nel pa paNDi ta grags pa smon lam blo gros), or Ne'u Pandita was a 13th-century Tibetan Kadampa monk and historian from the Ne'u monastery (奈乌寺). He authored the Ne'u chos-'byung, the earliest known comprehensive account of the political and religious history of Tibet after its integration into the Chinese central realm. In his work, he expressed skepticism toward the Kagyu school and maintained a critical, factual approach to historical sources.[2]

Ne'u chos-'byung

Written in 1283 (i.e. earlier than the famous Buddhist History by Buton (1288) and the Clear Mirror on Royal Genealogy (1328)),[3] the work The Flower Garland (Me tog phreng ba; also known as Ne'u chos 'byung)[4] is divided into three parts History of Old Tubo (geography, administrative units, and the royal dynasty), Spread of Buddhism in Tubo (construction of monasteries and critical examination of legendary accounts), Analysis of the Chronology of the Dharma (Buddhist chronology and periods of rise, decline, and revival).[5]

Nelpa Pandita recorded precise royal biographies, using the rab-byung chronology[6], and integrated political and religious history. The work remained unpublished until 1974 when it was prepared by Caiban Zhekang 才班哲康 (tshe-pal tai-kang) and later verified and published by Helga Uebach (1940-2021).[7] In his (according to Treasury of Lives) "sober account", the author asserts[8]

that around 433 CE certain Buddhist texts, including the Karandavyuhasutra and a text recorded under multiple names, including Pankyong Chagyapa (spang skong phyag brgya pa), were brought to Tibet by the masters Buddharaksita and Tilise from Khotan.

Wang Yao 王尧 and Chen Jian translated the work into Chinese.

See also

References and notes

  1. ^ Also Nel-pa Paṇḍita; Ne'u Pandita Dragpa Monlam Lodrö, Ne'u Paṇdita Grags pa sMon lam Blo gros; Chinese: Naiwu Banzhida Zhaba Menlang 乃吾班智达˙扎巴门朗, Naiwu banzhida 乃乌班; Zhaba Menlan Luozhu 智达扎巴门兰洛珠, Zhaba Menglan Luozhuo 扎巴·孟兰洛卓, etc.
  2. ^ sohu.com: Wang Pu: "Naiba jiaofa shi —— Gutan huaman" de shixue neiyun 王璞: 《奈巴教法史——古谭花鬘》的史学内蕴 - Originally published in: Lin Chaomin 林超民 (ed.)：Xinan guji yanjiu 西南古籍研究, Kunming：Yunnan daxue chubanshe 云南大学出版社，2005, pp. 303–307.
  3. ^ qikan.cqvip.com: 奈巴教法史——古谭花鬘
  4. ^ Sam van Schalk: A new look at the Tibetan invention of writing, p. 45 (earlytibet.com)
  5. ^ In Chinese terms: Gudai Tubo shi 古代吐蕃史, Tubo Fojiao hongchuan shi 吐蕃佛教弘传史, Jiaofa jinian zhi bianxi 教法纪年之辨析 (cf. sohu.com).
  6. ^ In Chinese: 胜生纪年法（绕迥纪年法)
  7. ^ cf. Helga Uebach (transl.): Nel-pa Paṇḍitas Chronik Me-tog phreṅ-ba. Handschrift der Library of Tibetan Works and Archives; tibetischer Text in Faksimile, Transkription und Übersetzung, München: Kommission für Zentralasiatische Studien, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1987 (Studia Tibetica). Quellen und Studien zur tibetischen Lexikographie, 1
  8. ^ treasuryoflives.org: Advent of Buddhism in Tibet (Gyurme Dorje and Jakob Leschly)

Bibliography

  • Xizang shiji wubu《西藏史籍五部》བོད་ཀྱི་ལོ་རྒྱུས་དེབ་ཐེར་ཁག་ལྔ་ bod kyi lo rgyus deb ther khag lnga (gangs can rig mdzod 9) 西藏史籍五部. Xizang Zangwen guji chubanshe 西藏藏文古籍出版社 1990; ISBN 978-7-80589-003-6
  • 扎巴孟兰洛卓：《奈巴教法史——古谭花鬘》 王尧，陈践 transl. (《中国藏学》1990) / 乃乌班智达扎巴门兰洛珠 (qikan.cqvip.com)
  • Helga Uebach (transl.): Nel-pa Paṇḍitas Chronik Me-tog phreṅ-ba. Handschrift der Library of Tibetan Works and Archives; tibetischer Text in Faksimile, Transkription und Übersetzung, München: Kommission für Zentralasiatische Studien, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1987 (Studia Tibetica). Quellen und Studien zur tibetischen Lexikographie, 1
  • Dan Martin: Tibetan Histories: A Bibliography of Tibetan-language Historical Works. 1997 (Online-Teilansicht)
    • Dan Martin in collaboration with Yael Bentor: Tibetan Histories: A Bibliography. Version October 21 2020 (Online)

Further reading

  • Lin Chaomin 林超民 (ed.)：Xinan guji yanjiu 西南古籍研究, Kunming：Yunnan daxue chubanshe 云南大学出版社，2005
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