Uyukpa Rigpai SenggeAlso Uyukpa Rikpey Senge; 'u g.yug pa rig pa'i seng ge; Chinese: Wuyouba Renbei Sangge 邬优巴·仁贝桑格, etc. (Tibetan: 'U yug pa rigs pa'i seng ge) in the 13th centuryVariously dated, f.e. with „ca. 1195–after 1267“ (Leonard van der Kuijp, 2022), or „ca. 1200 - after 1267“ (Allison Aitken, p. 288). was a Tibetan monk. He was disciple of Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen (1182–1251, the fourth of the Five Sakya Forefathers (sa skya gong ma lnga), and is regarded as the foremost disciple of him in the field of epistemology (pramāṇa, tshad ma).Cyrus Stearns: Hermit of Go Cliffs: Timeless Instructions from a Tibetan Mystic, pBSod-nams-rgyal-mtshan (Ko-brag-pa). 2000, p. 27.
His collected works (gsung ’bum) were recently published in the Tibetan book series mes po'i shul bzhag (Chinese: Xianzhe yishu 先哲遗书) in 3 volumes. mes po'i shul bzhag, vols. 40–42. ’U yug pa rigs pa’i seng ge’i gsung ’bum. 3 vols. Krung go‘i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang, 2007. ISBN vol. 1: 978-7-80057-974-5, vol. 2: 978-7-80057-975-2, vol. 3: 978-7-80057-976-9 (with Chinese title: 《邬优巴·仁贝桑格文集》).
His Commentaries on Treasury of Valid Cognition (tshad ma rigs gtercf. rigpawiki.org: Treasury of Valid Reasoning) are regarded as one of "the classics of Sakya School”.cf. worldcat.org : Sa-skya-paʼi skor / Sajiapai dianji 萨迦派典籍 (Chengdu: Sichuan minzu chubanshe; Beijing: Guangming ribao chubanshe, 2017)
In the Sakya tradition it was said that Tawen Lodro Gyaltsen, the Fifteenth Sakya Trizin (c. 1332 – c. 1364), was an expert in Dharmakīrti’s Pramāṇavārttika, his mastery surpassed only by Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen and Uyukpa Rigpai Sengge.sakyatradition.org: Tawen Lodrö Gyaltsen
See also Paltsek Research Institute
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Bibliography
Leonard van der Kuijp: “Studies in Btsun pa Ston gzhon's Pramāṇavārttika Commentary of 1297. Part Two(a): 'U yug pa Rigs pa'i seng ge (ca. 1195–after 1267)”, Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines, no.64, Juillet 2022, pp. 307-343. – Online Allison Aitken: “Chomden Reldri on Dharmakīrti's Examination of Relations.”. In: Kurtis Schaeffer, Jue Liang & McGrath William (eds.): Histories of Tibet: Essays in Honor of Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp. Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. pp. 283–305 (2023)
External links Tawen Lodrö Gyaltsen - sakyatradition.org