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Kamalaśīla (Tib. Padma’i ngang tshul; c. 740-795 CE, Frauwallner, 1961, 144) was a monk and scholar best known as the disciple and commentator of Śāntarakṣita (c. 725-788) and the representative of Indian Buddhism in the so-called Bsam yas debate (792-794, Demiéville, 1952, 177). He made a number of original contributions to Indian Mahāyāna thought, championing and further developing Śāntarakṣita's *Yogācāra(-Svātantrika)-Madhyamaka syncretic system (Keira, 2004, 4-9). He was a prolific writer, and his erudition, attention to detail, and eloquence mark his corpus as one of the richest sources in the history of 8th-century Indian interreligious philosophical exchange. Like his teacher, his work demonstrates vast learning in the major philosophical traditions of his time, Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike, as well as a commitment to rational analysis and argumentation. (Source: "Kamalaśīla," in Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Vol. 2, 272)

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Marks, James, and Vincent Eltschinger. "Kamalaśīla." In Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Vol. 2: Lives, edited by Jonathan A. Silk et al., 272–78. Leiden: Brill, 2019.

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