The University of Nalanda c11.104

c11.104

Śāntideva flourished according to Bendall¹ in the later half of the eighth century. But this date has been shifted some years back, *viz.*, between 695-743 A.D., because Śāntarakṣita in his *Tattvasiddhi* quotes a full verse from the *Bodhicaryāvatāra* of Śāntideva. Since the former lived in the major part of the 8th century A.D., and since the latter is not spoken of by I-Tsing, Bhattacharyya has assigned the date 695-743 to Śāntideva.²