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Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and Their Tibetan Successors

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Divinity Atlas. "Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and Their Tibetan Successors." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/indo-tibetan-buddhism-indian-buddhists-and-their-tibetan-successors.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and Their Tibetan Successors. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/indo-tibetan-buddhism-indian-buddhists-and-their-tibetan-successors

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@misc{divinityatlas-indo-tibetan-buddhism-indian-buddhists-a,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and Their Tibetan Successors},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/indo-tibetan-buddhism-indian-buddhists-and-their-tibetan-successors},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

David Snellgrove was a leading specialist in Tibetan and Indian Buddhist studies, and this is his major scholarly survey tracing how Buddhism actually transmitted from India into Tibet, working directly from the Indian Buddhist schools' own textual record to show how Tibetan tradition received, translated and transformed that material rather than treating Tibetan Buddhism as if it arose independently. That direct source based transmission history is the study's real evidentiary basis. Use it for established historical facts about the Indian textual and doctrinal roots of Tibetan Buddhism; a claim about a specific Tibetan school's own later, distinctively Tibetan development needs a source focused on that later period.

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David Snellgrove's major scholarly survey of the transmission of Buddhism from India to Tibet, covering the Indian Buddhist schools and how Tibetan tradition received and transformed them.

Notes

David Snellgrove's major scholarly survey of the transmission of Buddhism from India to Tibet, covering the Indian Buddhist schools and how Tibetan tradition received and transformed them. Use for established historical facts about the Indian roots of Tibetan Buddhism.

Citation

Author

David L. Snellgrove

Publisher

Serindia Publications

Publication Year

1987

Source Type

Scholarly work

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India

This source names India directly: "a leading specialist in Tibetan and Indian Buddhist studies, and this is his major scholarly survey tracing how Buddhism actually transmitted from India into Tibet, working directly from the Indian..."

Source Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and Their Tibetan SuccessorsDavid L. Snellgrove

Claims Backed By This Source (137 claims)

This source backs 137 claims across the atlas. As facts: 87 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 13 holds, 7 connected. Plus 28 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Articles, 42 claims: 28 well-attested, 7 connected, 7 general references.
Beliefs & Restrictions, 23 claims: 17 well-attested, 6 general references.
Historical Figures, 19 claims: 14 well-attested, 3 holds, 2 general references.
Denominations, 14 claims: 6 well-attested, 4 holds, 4 general references.
Practices, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
Doctrines, 7 claims: 4 holds, 3 general references.
Disciplines, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 general references.
Religious Organization & Structure, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
Deities, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Scriptures & Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.