Lotsawa

Lotsawa (Tibetan: lo tsa ba) is a Tibetan title for a translator.

The following persons have the title Lotsawa:

  • Gö Lotsawa (1392-1481), author of the Blue Annals
  • Lotsawa Marpa (1012-1097), one of the translators, who founded the traditions of the New Translation in Tibet in the 11th century
  • Nampar Nangdze Lotsawa ( 8th century ), an important translator of Buddhist teachings at the time of the first phase of translation of Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit into Tibetan
  • Tibetan People Name
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