Shantideva
Shantideva (Sanskrit: Śāntideva; Chinese: 寂天; Tibetan: ཞི་བ་ལྷ།, THL: Zhiwa Lha; Mongolian: Шантидэва гэгээн; Vietnamese: Tịch Thiên) was an 8th-century CE Indian philosopher, Buddhist monk, poet, and scholar at the mahavihara of Nalanda. He was an adherent of the Mādhyamaka philosophy of Nāgārjuna.
Shantideva | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | c. 685 |
| Died | c. 763 |
| Religion | Buddhism |
He is also considered to be one of the 84 mahasiddhas and is known as Bhusuku.
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