Bu ston’s History (Obermiller, The History of Buddhism, 217, 218; and Szerb, Bu Ston's History, 94, 95) lists Śāntibhadra as an Indian teacher of Gö Khukpa Lhatsé and Marpa Lotsawa. See also Cyrus Stearns, Luminous Lives: The Story of the Early Masters of the Lam ’bras Tradition in Tibet (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001), 85, 206-207, 210-211, where his aliases are given as Badantabarma, Bharohamtung, Chiterwa, Hangdu Karpo, Mahākarunika, Chiterwa, and Tsaham Pandita Zhiwa Zangpo. Śāntibhadra was a disciple of Nāropa and the Tibetan translator ’Brog mi studied under him in Nepal. (Source Accessed Aug 20, 2020. See note 47)
Other names
- Badantabarma · other names
- Bharohamtung · other names
- Chiterwa · other names
- Hangdu Karpo · other names
- Mahākarunika · other names
- Chiterwa · other names
- Tsaham Pandita Zhiwa Zangpo (zhi ba bzang po) · other names
Affiliations & relations
- Nāropa · teacher
- nil · student
