# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/santaraksita
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:56:50.232Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/santaraksita"
name: "Śāntarakṣita"
slug: "santaraksita"
description: "Śāntarakṣita, whose name translates into English as \"protected by the One who is at peace\" was an important and influential Indian Buddhist philosopher, particularly for the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Śāntarakṣita was a philosopher of the Madhyamaka school who studied at Nalanda monastery under Jñānagarbha, and became the founder of Samye, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet."
tagline: "Indian Buddhist philosopher (725-788)"
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birthDate: "725"
deathDate: "788"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump