Jñānagarbha

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Jñānagarbha was an 8th-century Buddhist philosopher from Nalanda who wrote on Madhyamaka and Yogacara and is considered part of Bhāviveka's Svatantrika tradition. He was a student of Shrigupta and the teacher and ordaining master of Śāntarakṣita. Tibetan sources refer to him, Santaraksita and Kamalaśīla as rang rgyud shar gsum meaning the “three eastern Svātantrikas” indicating their origins from Eastern India.