The University of Nalanda c23: Index of Important Proper Names

The University of Nālandā c23

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Index of Important Proper Names

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| A | B |
| Abhyākara Gupta, pandit of Vikramaśilā, 124. | Bakhtiyar Khilji, 208, 211, 214; attacked the fort of Bihar, 212. |
| Ajātaśatru, King of Magadha, 154. | Bālāditya Narasimhagupta, Vasubandhu and, 19, 103; built saṅghārāmas and Vihāras at Nālandā, 45, 103; Narasimhagupta, 49; ruled in, 51; restorer of Nālandā, 52, 55; stūpa and, 220, 221-222 n. |
| Akṣapāda, founder of Nyāya System, 13 n. 5. | Bālaputradeva, King of, 58; patronage of, 58; Nālandā and, 58, 191, 205. |
| Akṣobhaya, 135; emanations of, 135, 137. | Balavarman, ambassador of, 58; Nālandā and, 58. |
| Alexander, invasion of, 6, 164. | Banerji-Sastri, on the identification of Vikramaśilā, 181. |
| Aparājitā, Tāntric image, 137; description of, 138, 139. | Beal, quoted on, 35. |
| Aristotle, syllogism of, 22. | Belvalkar, author of, 7 n. 1. |
| Aryadeva, exponent of Mādhyamika Philosophy, 18; author of, 18, 22, Nālandā and, 102. | Bhartṛihari, author of, 144. |
| Aryavarma, a Corean student at Nālandā, 198. | Bhattacharyya, on Vajrayāna, 98; on Tattvasaṅgraha, 83; on the origin of Tantra, 87; on Karuṇā doctrine, 89; on Tāntric Mantras, 93, 94; author of, 135; referred to, 137. |
| Asaṅga, promulgator of Yogācāra, 19; pandit of Nālandā, 20, 75, 102, 104, 204; promulgator of Tantra, 91: Mātriketa and, 200. | Bimbisāra, 154. |
| Aśvaghoṣa, on Nirvāṇa, 88; author of, 88 n. 1. | Bitpālo, artist of Magadha, 233; teacher of art at Nālandā, 235. |
| Atīśa, otherwise known as Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna, abbot of Vikramaśilā, 31, 182, 184; figure at Vikramaśilā of, 183; life of, 183, 184; and Nayapāla, 194; visit to Tibet, 184, 190; death of 184; Tibetan envoy's description of, 184; 185; historicity of, 185; Tibetan inscriptions about, 185; Tibetan name of, 185; wrote on Tantra, 185; works of, 186; Maitri incident and, 187; character, 188; Tāntrism and, 190. | Bosch, on the Nālandā bronzes, 234. |
| Avalon, on Tāntrism, 95, 99; on the aims of Tāntrics, 96, 99; on Tantra symbolism, 97. | Byang-chub-'od, King who invited Atīśa to Tibet, 185. |
| Avalokiteśvara, cult of, 89, 95; image of, 133, 221, 226, 227, 234, 236. | Bodhidharma, a Tukhāra student at Nālandā, 198. |
| | Bodhisattva, cult of, 89; image of, 133; description of a peculiar type of, 133. |
| | Buddha, Vassā and, 25; on vihāra, 27, 28; Nālandā and, 34, 35, 36; image of, 131; description of the bronze figure of, 132; from Jagdīspura, 132; on the relation of Bhikkhus and their preceptor, |

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B—contd. 154; attack on the life of, 155; on the dress of Bhikkhus, 157. Budhagupta, built saṅghārāma at Nālandā, 45; identified with, 48; ruled in, 51. Budhakīrti, pandit of Nālandā, 124. Budhagupta, seal of, 61n. Bose, on Sthiramati, 106; on the works of Sthiramati, 107.

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C Candrakīrti, pandit of Nālandā, 105; hir works, 105. Candrogomin, pandit of Nālandā, 122; wrote on Tantra, 122; works, 122. Chatterji, on Pāla Art, 231. Coomaraswamy, on the classification of images, 132 n. 1. Coedes, on the rise of Tantrayāna at, 233. Cunningham, quoted on 34; on the identification of Tiladaka, 167; excavated Nālandā, 216, 222.

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D Dawsam Dup, on the classification of Vajrayāna, 93, n. Devadatta, 155. Devapāla, metallic figures and, 57; Nālandā and, 57; inscription of, 58; king of Sumatra and, 58; patronage of, 59; Viradeva and, 59, 123, 205; ruled in, 124; image prepared in the reign of, 138. Dharmadeva, pandit of Nālandā, 202; translated Sanskrit works into Chinese, 202, 203; works, 202. Dharmakīrti, contributed to Logic, 75, 77; work of, 75, 76; Tantra and, 91; Nālandā and, 112; Kumārila and, 112, 115; Śaṅkara and, 112, 113, 114; date of, 113. Dharmapāla, views on Mahāyāna, 69; life of, 107; pandit of Nālandā, 108, 109, 204; his discussions with, 108; works of, 108, 144; lived in, 109, 204. Dharmapāladeva, inscription of, 57; Nālandā and, 57; founder of the Vikramaśīla University, 181; endowments to Vikramaśīla, 182; head of Nālandā and Vikramaśīla, 186; artists and, 233. Dhimān, artist of Magadha, 233; teacher of art at Nālandā, 235. Dhruva, on Diṅnāga’s contribution to Logic, 74, 75, 76. Diṅnāga, writer on Logic, 22, 78; lived in, 22 n., 4, 104, works of, 73; contribution to Logic, 73, 74, 76, 77; on Inference, 75; life of, 104; Nālandā and, 104; headdress of, 157; China, Japan and, 104. Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna, pandit of, 88, 215; High priest of, 182; life of, 183.

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F Fa-hien, quoted on, 38; mentioned, 39, on monasteries at Patna, 167. Fergusson, on Tiladaka, 167; on Nālandā, 191, 203.

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G Gaṇeśa, image of, 138, 138, 139. Gaṅgā, found at Nālandā, 138; description of, 138. Gautama, on dress of students, 156; on gambling, 162. Gopāla I, Nālandā and, 57; king of, 57; Odantapuri and, 189; Gopāla II, 59; Banerji and, 59. Gotama, founder of Nyāya-system, 15. Govindapāladeva, last Pāla king, 60; Nālandā and, 60; died in, 60; ruled in, 61, 213. Guṇamati, pandit of Nālandā, 105, 106; built monastery at, 106. Gurjara—Pratihāra, kings, 61; Nālandā and, 61.

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H Hara, 139. Hāritī, image of, 131, 134, 230; worshipped at, 134; I-Tsing on, 134; descriptiou of, 134; Havell, on the observatory at Nālandā, 85; on the arched niches of Nālandā, 238; on the architectural and sculptural finds at Nālandā, 237.

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Harṣa, of Kanauj, 50; king of Central India identified with, 50; built saṅghārāma at, 50; built vihāra at, 50 n. 3, 53; maintenance of Nālandā students and, 54; upholder of religious views of, 54, 209; letter to Śīlabhadra of, 50, 54; Nālandā Mahāyāna and, 68; tribute to the pandits of Nālandā of, 125; Nālandā and, 191, 205, 207, 224, 225, 226.

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Heras, on the identification of, 47, 50, 55.

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Heruka, description of, 136, 139.

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Hira Nand Shastri, on seals, 56 n., 61 n; views on, 36, 56, 216, 220.

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Hiuen Tsiang, quoted on, 33; on the saṅghārāmās at Nālandā, 41, 55, 216, 227; the soothsayer and, 42; on the building of saṅghārāmās at, 45; king of Central India and, 50; Puṇavarman and, 55; description of Nālandā by 63; on the curriculum at, 65; on the worship of images at, 133, 139; on students' qualifications, 142, 145; on the method of teaching at, 146; manuscripts and, 147; on Sthiramati, 105; Śīlabhadra and, 112; on the morality of students at, 167; on the number of students at, 167; Tiladaka and, 167; on the discussions at, 176; on Valabhi, 179; at Nālandā, 191, 192, 193, 194, 197; studies of, 193; works of, 194; debate with, 194; the refutation of Sāṃkhya and, 194, 195, 196, 197; stūpa no. 3 and 220; stone temple at Nālandā and biographer of, 224; plan of the excavation and, 225, 226, 227.

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Hwui Li, on curriculum at Nālandā, 65; on astronomical observations at, 85; on the maintenance of students at, 160; on the number of students at Nālandā, 168.

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Hwui Nieh, a Corean student at Nālandā, 198.

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Hwui-Ta, a Chinese student at Nālandā, 199.

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Īśvarakṛṣṇa, Sāṃkhya doctrine and, 19.

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I-Tsing, on the character of monasteries, 32; on Śakrāditya, 46; on Nālandā, 46, on the examination at, 66; on Dharmakīrti's contribution to Logic, 76; on the worship of images at Nālandā, 131, 139; on the equipment of student before he entered Nālandā, 141, 143; on the fame of Nālandā students, 145; manuscripts and, 147; on the students entering Nālandā, 148; on students' discipline 150; on meals of students, 158; on students' subsistence at Nālandā, 159, 160; on the morality of students, 160, 161; on the number of students at Nālandā, 168; on the aims and prospects of the students of Nālandā, 173, 175; on the discussions at, 176; on Valabhi, 179; Bhodidharma and, 198; at Nālandā, 199, 200; translation by, 200.

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Jambhala, image of, 131, 136.

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Jayadeva, pandit of Nālandā, 105, 109.

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Jayaswal, on Kemper's book, 235 n.; on the school of art, 235.

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Jetāri, pandit of Vikramaśīla, 183.

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Julian, Emperor, on Education, 2n. 1.

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Kamalaśīla, pandit of Nālandā, 72, 77; works, 72, 78; logician, 78; commentary by, 85; teacher of Tantra at, 84, 119; visited Tibet, 119, 120; discussions with, 120, 121; lived in, 122.

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Kaṇāda, founder of Vaiśeṣika system, 15; lived in, 15.

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Kaniṣka, 209.

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Keay, quoted on, 31.

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Keith, author of 7 n.; on Dinnāga's view of Inference, 75 n.

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Kempers, author of, 132; referred to, 133; on Tārā, 133; on K—contd. Saraswatī and Gaṅgā, 138; on the bronzes of Nālandā, 233; on the relation of, 234. Kimura, quoted on, 47, 70; referred to, 103. Koṭiśrī, image of, 137. Kṣitigarbha, a type of Bodhisattva, 133. Kukkutasiddha, built a temple at, 208. Kumāragupta I, identified with, 47; founder of Nālandā University, 47, 226; date of, 51; religious views of, 52; seal of, 61 n. Kumāragupta II, identified with, 49, 226. Kumārarāja, king of, 50; Harṣa's letter to, 50. Kutbuddin, 213, 214.

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L Lepa, inhabitant of, 36. Lha Lama, king of, 184.

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M Mahākāla, image of, 137. Mahindrapāladeva, 61; identified with, 61. Mahīpāla I, 59; Atīśa and, 182 n, 3. Maitreya, 6, 74, 88; founder of, 18; author, 19. Maitreya (Future Buddha), image of, 133, 234. Maitri, student of Vikramaśīlā, 187; Atīśa and, 187. Mālāda, minister of, 56; Nālandā and, 56. Mañjuśrī, image of 133; Śāntideva and, 117. Mañjuvara, image of, 137. Marshall, on the finds at Nālandā, 139, 223. Mārīcī, image of, 131; description of, 136. Mārīcīpucuvā, 137. Mātriketa, works of, 200; I-Tsing and, 200. Maukhāris, king of, 55. Mihiraku a, defeated by, 52; Nālandā and, 207; Buddhism and, 209. Mudita Bhadra, repaired the vihāras of, 208.

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N Naciketas, 3 n. 3. Nāgārjuna, 6, 53; founder of Mahāyāna, 16; author of, 18; on Śūnya, 88; definition of Nirvāṇa, 88 n.; Nālandā and, 102, 204, 210 215; figure at Vikramaśīlā of 183. Nārada, 3; on education, 8. Narasimhagupta, Vasubandhu and, 19; identified with, 44, 51; restorer of, 52; defeated Mihirakula, 52, 57; seal of, 61 n.; built at, 45, 226, 227. Nayapāla, Vikramaśīlā and, 182. Newman, on education, 2. Nundo Lal De, on the identification of Vikramaśīlā, 181.

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P Padmasambhava, 118; life of, 119; Nālandā and, 118; Tibet and, 119; founder of Lamaism, 119. Page, on the gaming die found at, 165. Pālas, Nālandā and, 61, 228; kings, 57, 61, 231; Buddhism and, 209. Pāṇini, age of, 6; Sūtra-literature and, 6, 7; curriculum in the time of, 7. Patañjali, founder of, 13; age of, 13; of Mahābhāṣya, 13 n. 1; works, 144. Pārvatī, image of, 131, 139. Pātrakesari, criticism of Trairūpa theory, 77. Phul-byung, Tibetan name of Atīśa, 185. Pou-t'o-ki-to, pandit of Nālandā, 203; visited China, 203. Puragupta, identified with, 49; built at, 45, 226. Puṛṇavarma, Maukhāri king, 55; presented Nālandā with, 55.

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R Rahulabhadra, pandit of Nālandā, 102. Rāmānuja, propounder of, 23. Rāmapāla, Nālandā and, 60; Jāgaddala and, 189. Randale, on the doctrine of Vyāpti, 75.

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Rashdall, author of, 1 n. 1; on the meaning of, 1 n. 3; on Logic in Europe, 14; on the method of examination, 67; on amusements of European students, 173; on defects of Mediæval European education, 177.

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Śakrāditya, founder of, 41; I-Tsing and, 46; identified with, 47; ruled in, 51.

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Samaddar, quoted on, 37; identified Vikramaśilā with, 181; on the destruction of, 212, 213.

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Samantabhadra, a type of Bodhisattva, 113.

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Śaṅkara, propounder of, 23, 83, 114; Dharmakīrti, 112; Śāntarakṣita and, 114, 115; Buddhism and, 210, 211.

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Śāntarakṣita, pandit of, 72, 75, 77, 215; works, 72, 78, 83; on Trairūpa theory, 77; logician, 78, 117; criticism of the Sāṃkhya by, 80, 81, 82; style of, 84; different schools of thought and, 78, 79; Śaṅkara and, 114, 115; Kumārila and, 115; life, 117, 118; Tibet and, 118; lived in, 118.

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Śāntideva, works, 70, 116; views on, 70; life, 115, 116; Nālandā and, 116; Mañjuśrī and, 117; lived in, 117.

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Saraswati, image of, 138; description of, 138, 139.

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Satyakāma Jābāla, 4.

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Senas, Nālandā and, 61.

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Siddhasena Divākara, author of, 14; writer on Nyāya, 14.

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Śīlabhadra, abbot of Nālandā, 31, 54, 111, 112; Buddhism and, 70; life, 109, 110; work, 111, entered Nālandā, 110, 148; built monastery at, 110; Harṣa and, 111; Hiuen Tsiang and, 111; lived in, 112, 204.

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Śiva, image of, 131, 138, 139.

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Skandagupta, 47, 48, 226; identified with, 48.

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Spooner, 223, 224.

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Sthiramati, works, 69; views on, 69; pandit of, 105; founded monastery at, 105, 106, 179; Tibet and, 105, 106; lived in, 106; works of, 107; Tantra and, 107.

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Subhākara Simha, pandit of Nālandā, 212; visited China, 202; translated into Chinese, 202.

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Sureśvaravarman, seal, 55; genealogy of, 55.

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Sūrya, image of, 131, 138.

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Suviṣṇu, Nālandā and, 39.

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Tang, a Chinese student at Nālandā, 199.

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Taranath, author of, 20; quoted on, 37, 103; on Diṅnāga, 104; on Jayadeva, 105, 109; on Candrakīrti, 105; on Dharmakīrti, 112; on Nālandā and Vikramaśilā, 186; on Odantapuri, 189, 202; on art, 233; mentioned, 235.

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Tārā, image of, 131; worshipped at, 134; description of, 134, 135; Mahā Śrī, 135; Śyāma, 135; Atīśa and, 188.

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Tao Hi, a Chinese student at Nālandā, 198.

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Taou Lin, a Chinese student at Nālandā, 199.

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Taou-sing, a Chinese student at Nālandā, 198.

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Tathāgatagupta, built saṅghārāma at, 45; identified with, 49.

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Thonmi, Tibetan minister's son, 201; at Nālandā, 201.

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Trailokyavijaya, 136; description of, 136, 139.

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Tucci, 18; quoted on, 18; on Tantra, 95 n. 1.

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Vāgīśvarī, 59.

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Vajra, king, built saṅghārāma at, 45; identified with, 49.

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Vajrapāṇi, mentioned, 234; description of, 135, 137.

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Vajraśāradā, image of, 137.

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Vainyagupta, seal of, 61 n.

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Vaiśampāyana, 155.

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Vallabha, 23.

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Varmans, 55; seals of, 55.

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Vārṣagaṇya, Sāṃkhya and, 19.

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V—contd. Vasubandhu, mentioned, 6; author of, 19; lived in, 19 n. 5, 103; pandit of Nālandā, 20, 103, 104, 215; works on Logic, 23; syllogism of, 74, 75; Bālāditya, and, 103; Mātriketa on, 200. Vātsyāyana, author of, 19; Bhāṣya, 74, 75. Vidyābhusaṇa, quoted on, 21; on the dress of Bhikkhus, 157, 158; on Vikramaśilā, 182. Vigrahapāla, 60. Vikramāditya I, identified with, 49. Vikramāditya II, identified with, 49. Vindhyavāsa, 19. Virocana, 3 n. 3. Vīradeva, Devapāla and, 59; head of the saṅgha, 59, 205; governor of Nālandā, 123, 205; life, 123, 124. Viṣṇu, image of, 131, 138; description of, 139, 183.

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W Waddell, on Mahāyāna, 17; on Tantra, 91. Walden, author of, 2 n. 1. Winternitz, on Tantra, 86. Wou King, a Chinese student at Nālandā, 199.

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Y Yājñavalkya, 155. Yamāntaka, 137; description of, 137. Yāska, author of, 7. Yaśodharma, identified with, 56. Yaśovarmadeva, inscription of, 56; Nālandā and, 56; identified with, 56; ruled at, 56. Yuvan Chiu, a Chinese student at Nālandā, 197.