The Dharma's gatekeepers Sakya Pandita on Buddhist scholarship in Tibet - Gold, Jonathan C. (State University of New York Press, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-254) and index
The lion's roar in the assembly: Sakya Paṇḍiata's scholary ideal -- Beware of the dharma in translation: a warning to interpreters -- The dharma is only words: a philosophical authorization of the linguist -- The expert is the context: Sakya Paṇḍita's appeals to Buddhist hermeneutics -- The message in the medium: intellectual norms and protocols -- Appealing to the translocal: Sanskrit poetics for a Tibetan Buddhist elite -- Thoughts on a future comparative intellectual history