Lekha

lekha (Skt., T. spring yig སྤྲིང་ཡིག་). Translated as, "letters," "epistles," etc.

In Tibetan Buddhism, this term is used to refer to texts which contain advice from the great Indian Buddhist masters in the form of letters written to rulers and others.

Texts in this category include:

• Suhṛllekha by Nagarjuna
• Śiṣyalekha by Chandragomin
• Vimalaratnalekha by Atisha
• Kaniṣkalekha ("Letter to King Kaniṣka"), Mātṛceta

These works are generally categorized as belonging to the nītiśāstra (“treatise on worldly affairs") literature.

Sources

• Epistles, 84000 Collection
• སྤྲིང་ཡིག་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
• lekha, wisdomlib.org