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Date problems

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:24 pm
by Daniel Arraes
How come some sources state Kamalashila lived between 713 and 763 c.e., whereas the Samye debate took place supposedly arround 794 c.e?
Is there any hypothesis like there being two kamalashilas?

Re: Date problems

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:25 pm
by Pero
Well this topic isn't about what I thought it would be. :rolling:

Re: Date problems

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:32 pm
by Malcolm
Daniel Arraes wrote:How come some sources state Kamalashila lived between 713 and 763 c.e., whereas the Samye debate took place supposedly arround 794 c.e?
Is there any hypothesis like there being two kamalashilas?

Tibetans were very fuzzy about dates, and imperial dates used to be considered 60 years earlier than we think of them now.

Re: Date problems

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:37 am
by catmoon
Pero wrote:Well this topic isn't about what I thought it would be. :rolling:
Likewise I'm sure!