Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s5.t3.15

v1.c7.s5.t3.15

Bod yig giy kbav bstan vgyur was a great masterpiece co-translated by China's eminent Tibetan monks and Indian monks. According to preliminary statistics by bus ton-rin chen grub (1290-1364), 192 Indian paditas and lo tsa bas participated in the translation of bod yig giy kbav bstan vgyur from the middle 8th century to the early 14th century sticking to the translation principle of inviting India eminent monks to assist in translating sutras to ensure excellent translation quality and consequently the vast majority of sutras were translated from Sanskrit to Tibetan.