Ānandagarbha

{{Short description|Indian Buddhist tantric master}}

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Ānandagarbha was a 9th-century Indian Buddhist tantric master notable for authoring numerous works including the Sarvavajrodayā and the Vajrajvālodayā. As per Tibetan sources, 25 works are attributed to him a few of which have survived in Sanskrit.{{cite journal |last1=Ijuin |first1=Shiori |title=A Summary of the First Half of Ānandagarbha's Vajrajvālodayā |journal=Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies |date=2018 |volume=66 |pages=153–157 |url=https://www.academia.edu/37037847}}{{cite book |last1=Acri |first1=Andrea |title=Esoteric Buddhism in Mediaeval Maritime Asia: Networks of Masters, Texts, Icons |date=2016 |publisher=ISEAS Publishing |isbn=978-9814695084 |page=99 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2HV8DQAAQBAJ&q=Ānandagarbha}}{{cite book |last1=Scheurleer |first1=Pauline |last2=Klokke |first2=Marijke |title=Ancient Indonesian Bronzes A Catalogue of the Exhibition in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam with a General Introduction |date=1988 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004088207 |page=35}}

The Tibetan historian and monk, Taranatha noted that he was born into a Vaishya family in Magadha and associated with the Vikramashila monastery which was patronized by the Pala Empire. He was ordained in the Mahāsāṃghika school of thought within Mahayana Buddhism.{{cite book |last1=Chattopadhyaya |first1=Alaka |last2=Chimpa |first2=Lama |last3=Chattopadhyaya |first3=Debiprasad |title=Taranatha's History of Buddhism in India |date=2018 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=9788120834705 |page=285}}{{cite book |last1=Skorupski |first1=Tadeusz |title=The Sarvadurgatipariśodhana Tantra Elimination of All Evil Destinies : Sanskrit and Tibetan Texts |date=1983 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=9780895815729 |page=64}} 21 works in the Tengyur have been attributed to Anandagarbha.