Sonom Gara

Sonom Gara (fl. 13th century) was a Mongol Buddhist monk and translator.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] He was a Tantric priest.^[2] Sonom Gara is best known for translating, in the late 13th century, Sa-skya Pandita’s Legs-bshad ("Elegant Sayings of Sakya Pandita";^[5] "Aphorisms"^[6]). His version is not literal, but still faithful to the original. However, Sonom changed the sentence pattern and added and removed words; further, he reformulated the negative original message of the work into a positive one: "While the Tibetan says that wealth acquired by sin or violence is not genuine wealth, Sonom Gara states that only wealth acquired by knowledge is genuine."^[1]^[6]

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^ ^a ^b Kara, Györgi (2009). Dictionary of Sonom Gara's Erdeni-yin Sang A Middle Mongol Version of the Tibetan Sa Skya Legs Bshad. Mongol - English - Tibetan. Brill. p. XVII-XXI; 265. ISBN 9789004182240.
^ ^a ^b Franz Xaver Biallas, Fujên ta hsüeh, Peking, Heinrich Busch, JSTOR (Organization), Monumenta Serica Institute, Nanzan Daigaku, Rudolph Rahmann, Tokyo (Japan). SVD Research Institute (1976). Monumenta Serica Journal of Oriental Studies · Volumes 32-33. Monumenta Serica Institute. p. 496.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
^ University of Cambridge. Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies Unit (1999). Inner Asia Volumes 1-2. White Horse Press for the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit at the University of Cambridge. p. 15.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
^ Suomen Itämainen Seura (1976). Studia Orientalia Volume 45. Finnish Oriental Society. p. 188.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
^ Jackson, David P. (1997) The Entrance Gate for the Wise (Section III): Saskya Pandita on Indian and Tibetan Traditions of Pramana and Philosophical Debate. Wien: Arbeitskreis für Tibetisch und Buddhistiche Studien Universiteit, p. 2.
^ ^a ^b "Mongolian literature". Britannica. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

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[brill-1] Kara, Györgi (2009). Dictionary of Sonom Gara's Erdeni-yin Sang A Middle Mongol Version of the Tibetan Sa Skya Legs Bshad. Mongol - English - Tibetan. Brill. p. XVII-XXI; 265. ISBN 9789004182240.

[monumenta-2] Franz Xaver Biallas, Fujên ta hsüeh, Peking, Heinrich Busch, JSTOR (Organization), Monumenta Serica Institute, Nanzan Daigaku, Rudolph Rahmann, Tokyo (Japan). SVD Research Institute (1976). Monumenta Serica Journal of Oriental Studies · Volumes 32-33. Monumenta Serica Institute. p. 496.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

[inner-3] University of Cambridge. Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies Unit (1999). Inner Asia Volumes 1-2. White Horse Press for the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit at the University of Cambridge. p. 15.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

[orientalia-4] Suomen Itämainen Seura (1976). Studia Orientalia Volume 45. Finnish Oriental Society. p. 188.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

[5] Jackson, David P. (1997) The Entrance Gate for the Wise (Section III): Saskya Pandita on Indian and Tibetan Traditions of Pramana and Philosophical Debate. Wien: Arbeitskreis für Tibetisch und Buddhistiche Studien Universiteit, p. 2.

[brit-6] "Mongolian literature". Britannica. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

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