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ISSN 2753-4812
ISSN 2753-4812

Vairotsana Series

Tibetan Masters Vairotsana

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At Yamalung and Changra in Khotan,

You accomplished the deities of Möpa Drak-Ngak,

Thereby gaining blazingly powerful wisdom vision—

Vairotsana, at your feet I pray.

Texts by and about Pagor Vairotsana (spa gor bai ro tsa na, fl. 8th C.), the greatest of the early Tibetan translators:

Advice

by Yudra Nyingpo
Extracted from the biography known as The Great Image ('dra 'bag chen mo), this is the advice that the Chinese yoginī Chudun gave to the translator Vairotsana.
Advice Ḍākinī Treasury 22 Mar 2023

Commentaries

by Śrī Siṃha
This short commentary (Tōh. 4353) on the secret mantra or tantric meaning of the famous Heart Sūtra is attributed to the Atiyoga teacher Śrī Siṃha. According to the colophon, he gave this explanation to his disciple Vairotsana, who put it into writing and taught it to King Tri Songdetsen.
Prajñāpāramitā Tengyur Nyingma Kama 13 Sep 2019

Praise

by Jokyab Pema Trinlé Nyingpo
One of eight such texts, each covering a particular site associated with the Kagyé, this is in praise of Drakmar Yamalung, where Vairotsana meditated on Möpa Drak-Ngak.
Drakmar Yamalung Möpa Drak-Ngak 13 Feb 2026

Quotations

attributed to Ngok Loden Sherab
A well-known verse attributed to Ngok Loden Sherab in which he professes his inferiority to the greatest translators of earlier generations—Vairotsana, Kawa Paltsek, Chokro Lüi Gyaltsen and Rinchen Zangpo.
Quotations 16 Sep 2025

Sādhanas

by Jigme Lingpa
This guru sādhana of the great translator Vairotsana, accompanied by Ma Rinchen Chok and Nyak Jñānakumāra, employs the distinctive terminology of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection.
Guru Sādhana Longchen Nyingtik 8 Apr 2019
Vairotsana

Vairotsana

© Naldjor. Used with permission.

Name variants:

Pagor Vairotsana

Further information:

BDRC Author Profile (P5013)

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