Tāranātha (1575-1634) was a Lama of the Jonang school of Tibetan Buddhism. He's widely considered its most remarkable scholar and exponent. Early life Taranatha was born in Drong, Tibet, supposedly on the birthday of Padmasambhava. His original name was Kun-dga'-snying-po, which means Anandagarbha. He reportedly used a Sanskrit name as an indication of the value he placed on his Sanskrit scholarship in an era when mastery of the language had become much less common in Tibet than it'd… (More on Taranatha)