Kalkī Śrī Puṇḍarīka

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कल्कीश्रीपुण्डरीक
Kalkī Śrī Puṇḍarīka(176 BCE - 76 BCE)
རིགས་ལྡན་པདྨ་དཀར་པོ་
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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.

Library Items

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Kalkī Śrī Puṇḍarīka: vimalaprabhānāmamūlatantrānusāriṇīdvādaśasāhasrikālaghukālacakratantrarājaṭīkā
A crucial commentary to the Kālacakra Tantra purported to have been written by Kalkī Śrī Puṇḍarīka, the fabled Second King of Shambhala also known as Kulika Puṇḍarīka, though in the Tibetan tradition the work is sometimes attributed to the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara whom Puṇḍarīka was considered to be an emanation of. In the Tibetan tradition it is counted among the Three Cycles of Bodhisattva Commentaries (Sems 'grel skor gsum), which are a trilogy of canonical commentaries attributed to the transcendent Bodhisattvas Vajrapaṇi, Vajragarbha, and Avalokiteśvara on the Cakrasamvara, Hevajra, and Kālacakra Tantras, respectively.

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
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