Mel Lotsāwa Lodro Drakpa
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Mel Lotsāwa Lodro Drakpa (mal lo tsA ba blo gros grags pa, d.u.), a.k.a Mal Lotsawa, was an important translator during the second transmission (phyi dar) of Buddhist teachings to Tibet. He is primarily associated with the Mahākāla and Cakrasaṃvara tantric traditions.
He was a teacher of Khon Konchok Gyelpo (1034-1102) and Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092-1158).
He gave a large number of teachings to Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, such as the sādhanās of the deities Mahākāla and Cakrasaṃvara.
Further reading
Mel Lotsāwa Lodro Drakpa, Treasury of Lives
- Mal Lotsāwa Lodro Dragpa, The Sakya Tradition