ཚགས་ས་བཅད་པ་གཅག་པ intro.6

intro.6

The canonical version of The Single Stanza closely matches the version found in the Tibetan translation of Vasubandhu’s commentary, which is listed in both the Denkarma and Phangthangma catalogs.¹² Therefore, it is likely that the Tibetan translation of The Single Stanza was also completed by the early ninth century. The Single Stanza is found in the Sūtra section of the Kangyurs of the Tshalpa, Thempangma, and mixed lines, and in that of the Phukdrak Kangyur. Some Western Tibetan collections also include The Single Stanza.¹³ It is not known who translated The Single Stanza into Tibetan, for neither the colophons nor Tibetan historical works mention the translators.¹⁴