Śāntideva, active 7th century

[Śāntideva (late 7th to mid-8th century CE) was a Buddhist monk, philosopher, and poet whose reflections on the overall structure of Buddhist moral commitments reach a level of generality and theoretical power that is hard to find elsewhere in Indian thought. His writings were immensely influential in the development of the Tibetan religious tradition. The Tibetan historians Butön and Taranātha tell that Śāntideva was a prince from Saurāṣṭra, a western coastal region that now forms part of the Indian state of Gujarat. A famous legend of Śāntideva's life, recounted by Butön (2013: 258-259) and often retold in Tibetan religious contexts, the master Śāntideva was a student monk at the great monastic university of Nālandā, Śāntideva was not putting any effort into the central activities expected of Nālandā's students. On the day of the festival, Śāntideva ascended the throne and asked the audience whether they would like to hear something old or something new; or in other words, whether he should recite something he had memorized, or an original composition of his own. The audience would have been surprised to hear their lazy fellow-student present one of the greatest works of poetry ever composed in the Sanskrit language.]

found: A guide to the Bodhisattva's way of life, c1979:t.p. (Acharya Shantideva)

found: Ācārya Śantidevayā Bodhicaryāvatāra, 1986:t.p. (Ācārya Śāntidevayā) added t.p. (Acharya Shanti Deva)

found: Byaṅ chub sems dpaʼi spyod pa la ʼjug pa rtsa ba daṅ ʼgrel ba, 1990:t.p. (Źi-ba-lha) colophon (in Chinese: Chi-tʻien-lun-shih)

found: Spyod ʼjng rtsa ʼgrel, 1994:t.p. (Źi-ba-lha) colophon (in Chinese: Hsi-wa-la)

found: Wikipedia, Aug. 19, 2011(Shantideva; Sanskrit. :Śāntideva; Mongolian: Шантидева гэгээн = Shantideva gėgėėn; 8th century Indian Buddhist scholar)

found: Spyod ʼjugs gi ʼbru ʼgrel dbu maʼi lam gyi sgron ma, 2021:title page (Rgyal-sras-chen-po Zhi-ba-lha)

[Śāntideva (late 7th to mid-8th century CE) was a Buddhist monk, philosopher, and poet whose reflections on the overall structure of Buddhist moral commitments reach a level of generality and theoretical power that is hard to find elsewhere in Indian thought. His writings were immensely influential in the development of the Tibetan religious tradition. The Tibetan historians Butön and Taranātha tell that Śāntideva was a prince from Saurāṣṭra, a western coastal region that now forms part of the Indian state of Gujarat. A famous legend of Śāntideva's life, recounted by Butön (2013: 258-259) and often retold in Tibetan religious contexts, the master Śāntideva was a student monk at the great monastic university of Nālandā, Śāntideva was not putting any effort into the central activities expected of Nālandā's students. On the day of the festival, Śāntideva ascended the throne and asked the audience whether they would like to hear something old or something new; or in other words, whether he should recite something he had memorized, or an original composition of his own. The audience would have been surprised to hear their lazy fellow-student present one of the greatest works of poetry ever composed in the Sanskrit language.]