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Ngagdbang’jiggrags,theauthorofthetext
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Thecollectionisregisteredundertheauthor’snameNgagdbang’jigmedgrags
pa,butfromthetitleonthecoverfolioofthetextwelearnthatitisbyNgag
dbang’jiggrags.MostoftheTibetanhistorybooksfailtomentionhisworkson
eitherthesynonymsorthelettertohisfatheraswellashisworkmentionedabove.
WearecertainthathistalentandpassionfortraditionalTibetanpoetrywere
enormous.Hehasbeenadornedwiththenamergyalpopa
ṇḍ
ita,i.e.“theking
pa
nd
ita”bymanyhistorians.Also,commentatorsofBodhisattvâvaddnakalpalatd,
AmeszhabsNgagdbangkundga’bsodnams(1597-1659/60)andtheFifthRa
sgreng’Jamdpalyeshesbstanpa’irgyalmtshan(1912-1947)praisedandmen-
tionedNgagdbang’jiggragsinthecolophonoftheircommentaries.First,Ames
zhabssays,“OrnamentedwithsummarizedexcellentexplanationofthegreatNgag
dbangofRinspungs,knownasthesecondDgedbang(K
emendra)onthistra-
dition,”8andsecondlyRasgreng’Jamdpalyeshesbstanpa’irgyalmtshansays
inthecolophon,“TheFifthDalaiLamaconsultedhiscommentaryinSanskrit
andinTibetanlanguageswithreliabletextsofchieftainofRinspungs.”9Hence,
therstcolophoninformationbyAmeszhabsgivesustheimpressionthatNgag
dbang’jiggragshadalsowrittenashortcommentaryonAvaddnakalpalatdoratext
relatedtoit,andfromthesecondcolophonwecanlearnthatNgagdbang’jig
gragshadathisdisposalmanyreliableoriginaltextmaterialswritteninTibetan
andSanskrit.
AccordingtothecolophonofthetextRigpa)dzinpa)iphonya,itwascom-
pletedinthethirdmonth()dodpa)izlabanagpacan)oftheFireSnakeyear,
whichcorrespondsto1557CE,anditwasthelastliteraryworkofNgagdbang
’jiggrags.Informationregardingtheauthor’sdateofbirthandhisdeathfoundin
differentsourcesseemstobespeculationratherthanconrmedfacts.Inthiswork
aswell,theauthordoesnottellusthedateofhisbirth,andwecanonlyestimate
bycomparingothersourcesthathewasbornattheveryendofthe15thcentury
oratthebeginningofthe16thcentury.Electronicsourcesarenotalwaysrelia-
ble;however,Wikipediagives1565CEasthedateofhisdeathbutdoesnotgive
hisdateofbirth.10However,inthebookDpalkarmapaskuphrengrimbyongyi
mdzadrnamitissaidthatintheyear1566CE(Mestag)Ngagdbang’jiggrags
invitedtheeleven-year-oldninthKarmapaDbangphyugrdorjewiththefth
ZhadmarmapaKunmchogyanlagtotheRinspungsfort(BDRC,W18133,
vol.1,p.171).ButthebookBka)brgyudgserphrengrnamtharZlabachushel
gyiphrengbainformsusthatithappenedin1567CE(Yoslo),oneyearlater
thanmentionedabove(Bka)brgyudgserphreng,vol.2,p.418).Theofferingshe
madeatthattimefortwolamasarerecoredindetailinhisseventeen-foliopoem
mentionedabove(BDRC,W1CZ2743).AshortbiographyoftheauthorinGKLS
providestheyear1482ashisdateofbirthandfurtherexplainsthatthereisno
8
http://sakyalibrary.com/Assets/les/AMAI057:
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.pdf:
p.237,l.18.
9
RasgrengsHothogthuThubbstan’jamdpalyeshesbstanpa’irgyalmtshan,2008:p.407.
10
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinpungpa