Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Mar-pa
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Read Next
Candles Burning On Table In Church
What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?
African American man praying in church with stained glass in background
Why Do People Say “Amen” at the End of a Prayer?
Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,
Which Religion Is the Oldest?
The Chinese philosopher Confucius (Koshi) in conversation with a little boy in front of him. Artist: Yashima Gakutei. 1829
The Axial Age: 5 Fast Facts
Tibetan leader Dalai Lama, 2008.
The 14th Dalai Lama: A Life in Pictures
Discover
Remarkable new details of Pluto's largest moon Charon are revealed in this image from New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), taken late on July 13, 2015 from a distance of 289,000 miles
Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?
Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
Attack on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor infographic. World War II. Hawaii. United States. Japan. SPOTLIGHT VERSION
Attack on Pearl Harbor Timeline
In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.
6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters
January 21, 2019: Superbowl LIII will be played at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday, February 3, 2019 against the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams.
What Was the Super Bowl’s First Blockbuster Commercial?
Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics
10 Best Hockey Players of All Time
earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.
The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950

Mar-pa: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Mar-pa
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Mar-pa Lotsawa
Born 1012 • Tibet
Died 1096 (aged 84) • Tibet
Kumarajiva
Buddhist scholar
Rin-chen-bzang-po
Buddhist monk
’Brom-ston
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Milarepa
Tibetan Buddhist master
Bu-ston
Tibetan Buddhist scholar
Xuanzang
Xuanzang
Buddhist monk
Ram Mohan Roy
Ram Mohan Roy
Indian religious leader
Faxian
Chinese Buddhist monk
Paramārtha
Indian Buddhist missionary and translator
Dao’an
Chinese Buddhist monk
Padmasambhava
Padmasambhava
Buddhist mystic
14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Chögyam Trungpa
Tibetan abbot
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
king of Tibet
’Brog-mi
Tibetan monk
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Norwegian author
Charlotte Endymion Porter
American editor
Sergius of Resaina
Syrian theologian
Iancu Văcărescu
Romanian author
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
German author, folklorist, and philologist