Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c32.s1.59

c32.s1.59

**Chandragomin.** The great scholar, Chandragomin, was also one of the best products of Nālandā who had made an important contribution to its reputation. He is the author of as many as sixty books in Sanskrit on Buddhism, which have been translated into Tibetan. He was a Bengali, born in Varendra, and studied first under Buddhist teachers, Sthiramati, and Asoka. He travelled to the South when he wrote a commentary on Pāṇini. Chandrakīrti of Nālandā also wrote a commentary on Pāṇini. It was Chandrakīrti who introduced Chandragomin to Nālandā, for whom he organized a great reception by a procession of three chariots. According to Tārānāth, Chandragomin lived in the eighth century, being the contemporary of Harsha's son Śīla.