སྦ་བཞད (སྦ་བཞེད)

The Testament of Ba

Account of the introduction of Buddhism under Khri srong lde btsan ascribed to sBa gSal snang: the invitation of Śāntarakṣita from Zahor and of Padmasambhava from Uḍḍiyāna, the founding of bSam yas, and Kamalaśīla's victory over the Chinese Hwa shang in the debate; the core goes back to the imperial period, the surviving versions to the 11th–12th c.