Kalkī Śrī Puṇḍarīka

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कल्कीश्रीपुण्डरीक
Kalkī Śrī Puṇḍarīka(176 BCE - 76 BCE)
རིགས་ལྡན་པདྨ་དཀར་པོ་
The mythical second king of Shambhala, who is reported to have written the Vimalaprabhā, an important commentary on the Kālacakra Tantra. He is considered to be an emanation of Avalokiteśvara and subsequently the Dalai Lamas are considered to be emanations of this king.

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Other names

  • རིགས་ལྡན་གཉིས་པ་པདྨ་དཀར་པོ་ · other names (Tibetan)
  • rigs ldan gnyis pa pad+ma dkar po · other names (Wylie)

Affiliations & relations

  • Avalokiteśvara · emanation of