Prajñāvarman

Who is Prajñāvarman?

Prajñāvarman was a Bengali Buddhist writer. He contributed to the translation of 77 Buddhist works from Sanskrit into Tibetan and is the author of three commentaries preserved in the bstan 'gyur, viz. the Devātiśāyastotraṭīkā and the Udānavargavivara, and the Viśeṣastavaṭikā a commentary on Udbaṭasiddhasvāmin's Viśeṣastava. The Viśeṣastavaṭikā was translated into Tibetan by Rin-chen-bzang-po and Janārdhana. The Sanskrit original is now lost.

Prajñāvarman lived during the reigns of king Gopāla I of Bengal and the Tibetan emperor Khri srong lde brtsan, under whose auspices he came to Tibet.

Among his translations is the Abhayapradā-nāma-aparājita co-translated with Ye shes sde. Derge Kanjur, vol. TSA, folios 176v.1-177v.6.