A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s6.17

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The Tibetan translation of the *Yogaśataka* (Sbyor-ba brgya-pa) forms part of the Tanjur472 as the first of the series of medical works included in this vast collection.473 Its colophon states that the text and its commentary474 were explained first by the mahāpaṇḍita, the brāhmaṇa Jeta-karṇa475 from Nepal, while the paṇḍita Buddhaśrījñāna476 from Eastern India later explained the first part; it was finally brought into agreement with three commentaries, translated and edited by Śākyabhikṣu Dpal Ñi-ma rgyal-mchan bzań-po477 (Śrī Sūryavajrabhadra) at the request of the bhikṣu Amogha, who was well acquainted with the temple Ḥphags-pa hjig-rten dbań-po (Ārya Lokeśa) in Skyi-roṅ.478 This colophon enables us to conclude that the Tibetan translation of the *Yogaśataka* was produced later than the Tibetan version of the *Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā*, which dates from the period between A.D. 1013 and 1055,479 and that it came about with the collaboration of the Buddhaśrījñāna who lived about A.D. 1200.480 The Tibetan version of the *Yogaśataka* is not only found in the Tanjur, but also in the works of Bu-ston (A.D. 1299–1364),481 accompanied by annotations (mchan).482