Lotsāwa

lotsāwa (lo tsA ba ལོ་ཙཱ་བ་). An honorific term for a "translator" in Tibetan. The term is especially used to refer to the Tibetan translators of the earlier dissemination (snga dar) and later dissemination (phyi dar) of the Buddhist teachings from India to Tibet. These translators generally worked closely with Indian pandits to translate the major Buddhist texts from Sanskrit (or related languages) into Tibetan.

Sources

• Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University 

External links

• lotsawa, Wikipedia
• lo_tsA_ba, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
• lotsawa, Rigpa Shedra Wiki