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Article: Der tibetische Text, vol. 3, Udanavarga.
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- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
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- January 1, 1994
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The Udanavarga, in Tibetan Ched du brjod pa'i tshoms, which Dharmatrata (Chos skyob) compiled not later than the fourth century A.C., consists of some thirty-two chapters with an uneven number of stanzas. Its subject matter is largely moralistic and prescriptive in tone but has several concrete theoretical underpinnings. The text was widely studied in Tibet, especially among members of the Bka' gdams pa school and by those who studied with them. In fact, possibly with Atisa's(1) recommendation, but undoubtedly with Spo to ba Rin chen gsal (1027/31-1105) and especially his disciple Sha ra ba Yon tan grags (1070-1141), it became one of the six basic texts (gzhung drug) to be ...