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Also Known As Mar-pa Lotsawa
Born 1012 • Tibet
Died 1096 (aged 84) • Tibet
Rin-chen-bzang-po
Buddhist monk
’Brom-ston
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Milarepa
Tibetan Buddhist master
Bu-ston
Tibetan Buddhist scholar
Xuanzang
Xuanzang
Buddhist monk
Ram Mohan Roy
Ram Mohan Roy
Indian religious leader
Faxian
Chinese Buddhist monk
Kumarajiva
Buddhist scholar
Paramārtha
Indian Buddhist missionary and translator
Dao’an
Chinese Buddhist monk
Padmasambhava
Padmasambhava
Buddhist mystic
14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Chögyam Trungpa
Tibetan abbot
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
king of Tibet
’Brog-mi
Tibetan monk
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Norwegian author
Sergius of Resaina
Syrian theologian
Charlotte Endymion Porter
American editor
Iancu Văcărescu
Romanian author
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
German author, folklorist, and philologist