Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c32.s2.14

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c32.s2.14

**3. Jetāri.** Jetāri was a native of Varendra, the son of Brahman Garbhapāda, the chaplain of King Sanātana, a feudatory of the Pāla Kings of Bengal. King Mahīpāla [A.D. 899-940] conferred upon him the title of *Paṇḍita* on his completion of study at Vikramaśīlā where he worked as a Professor. He was the teacher of the distinguished scholars, Ratnākaraśānti who learnt from him Sūtra and Tantra and became ‘a gate-keeper’ of the Vihāra, in about A.D. 983, and also of the more distinguished Dīpaṁkara Atīśa.

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