Sonom Gara (fl. 13th century) was a Mongol Buddhist monk and translator.[1][2][3][4] He was a Tantric priest.[2] Sonom Gara is best known for translating, in the late 13th century, Sa-skya Pandita's Legs-bshad ("Elegant Sayings of Sakya Pandita";[5] "Aphorisms"[6]). His version is not literal, but still faithful to the original. However, Sonom changed the sentence pattern and added and removed words; further, he reformulated the negative original message of the work into a positive one: "While the Tibetan says that wealth acquired by sin or violence is not genuine wealth, Sonom Gara states that only wealth acquired by knowledge is genuine."[1][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Kara, Györgi (2009). Dictionary of Sonom Gara's Erdeni-yin Sang A Middle Mongol Version of the Tibetan Sa Skya Legs Bshad. Mongol - English - Tibetan. Brill. p. XVII-XXI; 265. ISBN 978-90-04-18224-0.
  2. 1 2 "Monumenta Serica: Journal of Oriental Studies". Monumenta Serica: Journal of Oriental Studies. Vol. 32–33. Monumenta Serica Institute. 1976. p. 496.
  3. ↑ Inner Asia. Vol. 1–2. White Horse Press. 1999. p. 15.
  4. ↑ Suomen Itämainen Seura (1976). Studia Orientalia Volume 45. Finnish Oriental Society. p. 188.
  5. ↑ Jackson, David P. (1997) The Entrance Gate for the Wise (Section III): Saskya Pandita on Indian and Tibetan Traditions of Pramana and Philosophical Debate. Wien: Arbeitskreis für Tibetisch und Buddhistiche Studien Universiteit, p. 2.
  6. 1 2 "Mongolian literature". Britannica. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.


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