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Subject: Six Ornaments List

Six Ornaments of the Southern Continent

Sanskrit and Tibetan Names:
Gyan Drug Chog Nyi (rgyan drug mchog g.nyis)
1. Nagarjuna (slob dpon klu sgrub)
2. Aryadeva ('phags pa arya de va)
3. Asanga ('phags pa thogs med)
4. Vasubhandu (slob dpon dbyig g.nyen)
5. Dignaga (slob dpon phyogs glang)
6. Dharmakirti (slob dpon chos grags)
7. Gunaprabha (slob dpon yon tan 'od)
8. Shakyaprabha (slob dpon shakya 'od)

Additional Scholars:
9. Chandrakirti (dpal ldan zla ba grags pa)
10. Shantideva (rgyal sras zhi ba lha)
11. Chandragomin (slob dpon can dra go mi)

Video: Six Ornaments and Two Excellent Ones

The Six Ornaments: Nagarjuna, Aryadeva, Asanga, Vasubandu, Dignaga and Dharmakirti. The Two Excellent Ones: Gunaprabha and Shakyaprabha.

Subjects, Topics & Types:
- Indian Scholar
- Monastic Appearance
- Seventeen Scholars of Nalanda
- Confusions
- Others...

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