Jayananda

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Jayananda (Skt. Jayānanda; Tib. རྒྱལ་བ་ཀུན་དགའ, gyalwa kün ga, Wyl. rgyal ba kun dga') (fl. 11th C.) was the author of an important commentary on the Introduction to the Middle Way (Skt. Madhyamakāvatāra).

Further Reading

  • David Seyfort Ruegg, The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1981). pp. 113-114
  • Leonard van der Kuijp, 'Jayânanda: A Twelfth Century Guoshi from Kashmir Among the Tangut.' Central Asiatic Journal 37 no 3/4 (1993) pp. 188-197.
  • Kevin A. Vose, Resurrecting Candrakirti: Disputes in the Tibetan Creation of Prasangika, Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2009