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Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c32.s3: IV. Jagaddala

Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c32.s3

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IV. Jagaddala

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**Its foundation by King Rāma Pāla.** According to the historical Epic *Rāmacharita*, King Rāma Pāla of Bengal and Magadha, who reigned between A.D. 1084–1130, founded a new city which he called Rāmāvatī on the banks of the rivers Gaṅgā and Karatoyā in Varendra and equipped the city with a Vihāra called Jagaddala. The University could barely work for a hundred years, till the time of Moslem invasion sweeping it away in A.D. 1203. But in its short life it has made substantial contributions to learning through its scholars who made it famous by their writings. An account of these scholars is given below.

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**Its Noted Scholars.** 1. **Vibhūtichandra.** It is stated that the famous work “Jñāna-Chakshuḥ-Sādhana-nāma” passed through several Masters till it was transmitted to Vibhūtichandra by Śākyaśrībhadra, with whom he is thus associated. Very probably he followed him to Tibet from Jagaddala where he took shelter after Vikramaśīlā was destroyed by Moslems, as already related. He was a great Tibetan scholar and translated many Sanskrit works into Tibetan and bore the title of “Mahāpaṇḍita”

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2. **Dānaśīla.** He won several titles Paṇḍita, Mahāpaṇḍita, Upādhyāya, and Āchārya for his profound knowledge of both Tibetan and Sanskrit. He is said to have translated into Tibetan as many as fifty-four works, all of which exercised a great influence on Tibetan Buddhism, in which he is given an equal place with the great Masters Dīpaṁkara or Abhayakaragupta.

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3. **Śubhakara.** He is said to have been the *guru* of Śākya Śrī and composed a Sanskrit work “Siddhaika-vīra-tantraṭīkā” which was later translated into Tibetan.

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4. **Mokshākaragupta.** He was a Master of Logic on which he wrote the Sanskrit work “*Tarka-bhāshā*” which was translated into Tibetan. He bore the titles of Bhikshu and Mahāpaṇḍita.

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