Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c32.s1.58

c32.s1.58

**Dharmapāla.** The next scholar was Dharmapāla who, by the time of Hiuen Tsang's visit, had retired from the Presidentship of Nālandā in favour of Śīlabhadra. He wrote in Sanskrit a grammatical commentary called "Varṇa-Sūtra-Vṛitti-nāma" on the original grammar of Mahāchārya Chandragomin. He wrote four Buddhistic works in Sanskrit which are all translated into Tibetan. They are called (1) Ālambana-pratyaya-dhyāna-śāstravyākhyā, (2) Vidyāmātra-siddhi-śāstra-vyākhyā, (3) Śata-śāstra-vaipulya-vyākhyā, (4) Vali-tattva-saṁgraha.