Six Ornaments and Two Supreme Ones

Six Ornaments and Two Supreme Ones (T. rgyan drug mchog gnyis རྒྱན་དྲུག་མཆོག་གཉིས་). The name given to the group of the most important Indian Buddhist scholars of the Mahayana tradition, according to a Tibetan Buddhist assessment.

Six Ornaments

The Six Ornaments are:

• Nagarjuna
• Asanga
• Aryadeva
• Vasubandhu
• Dignaga
• Dharmakirti

Two Supreme Ones

The Two Supreme Ones are:

• Gunaprabha and
• Shakyaprabha

Alternate presentation

According to another tradition, the six ornaments are:

• Aryadeva
• Dharmakirti
• Adi Shankara
• Dignāga
• Vasubandhu
• Gunaprabha
• Sakyaprabha

And the two supreme ones are:

• Nagarjuna
• Asanga

See also

• Seventeen Nalanda Masters

External links

• Six Ornaments and Two Supreme Ones, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
• Six Ornaments & Two Excellent Ones Outline Page at Himalayan Art