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Start with English, then separated by a dash, Add the EQUIVALENT in Devanagari next to it in double brackets separated by a dash, followed by the IAST in double brackets, separated by a dash, followed by the Pali Romanization in double brackets, separated by a dash, followed by the Tibetan script in double brackets, followed by the Wylie in double brackets, followed by the double bracketed simplified Americanized pronunciation spelling of Wylie that removes any silent or unspoken vowels and consonants so that it focuses on pronouncing out loud Tibetan words using an Americanized spelling; separated by a dash, followed by the Hanzi Traditional Chinese characters in double brackets, Simplified Chinese characters in double brackets, separated by a comma, followed by the Pinyin in double brackets; separated by a dash, followed by the Hangul in double brackets, followed by the Revised Romanization (RR) in double brackets, separated by a dash, followed by the Japanese characters in double brackets, followed by the Japanese Romanization in double brackets, separated by a dash, followed by the French in double brackets.

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6th Century BCE

Shakyamuni (563 BCE–483 BCE) - शाक्यमुनि - Śākyamuni - Sakkamuni - ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། shAkya thub pa shakya tubpa - 釋迦牟尼释迦牟尼, Shìjiāmóuní - 석가모니 Seokgamoni - 釈迦牟尼 Shakamuni - Shakyamuni

Mahakashyapa (6th century BCE) - महाकाश्यप - Mahākāśyapa - Mahākassapa - འོད་སྲུང་ཆེན་པོ། 'od srung chen po ö sung chenpo - 摩訶迦葉摩诃迦叶, Móhējiāyè - 마하가섭 Mahagaseop - 摩訶迦葉 Makakashō - Mahākāśyapa

Ananda (6th century BCE) - आनन्द - Ānanda - Ānanda - ཀུན་དགའ་བོ། kun dga' bo kunga bo - 阿難阿难, Ānán - 아난 Anan - 阿難 Anan - Ānanda

Shariputra (6th century BCE) - शारिपुत्र - Śāriputra - Sāriputta - ཤཱ་རིའི་བུ། shA ri'i bu shari bu - 舍利弗舍利弗, Shèlìfú - 사리불 Saribul - 舎利弗 Sharipotsu - Śāriputra

Maudgalyayana (6th century BCE) - मौद्गल्यायन - Maudgalyāyana - Moggallāna - མོའུ་འགལ་གྱི་བུ། mo'u 'gal gyi bu mongal gyi bu - 目犍連目犍连, Mùjiānlián - 목건련 Mokgeonryeon - 目連 Mokuren - Maudgalyāyana

Subhuti (6th century BCE) - सुभूति - Subhūti - Subhūti - རབ་འབྱོར། rab 'byor rabjor - 須菩提须菩提, Xūpútí - 수보리 Subori - 須菩提 Shubodai - Subhūti

Purna Maitrayaniputra (6th century BCE) - पूर्ण मैत्रायणीपुत्र - Pūrṇa Maitrāyaṇīputra - Puṇṇa Mantānīputta - གང་པོ། gang po gangpo - 富樓那富楼那, Fùlóunà - 부루나 Buruna - 富楼那 Furuna - Pūrṇa

Mahakatyayana (6th century BCE) - महाकात्यायन - Mahākātyāyana - Mahākaccāna - ཀ་ཏྱའི་བུ་ཆེན་པོ། ka tya'i bu chen po katyai bu chenpo - 摩訶迦旃延摩诃迦旃延, Móhējiāzhānyán - 마하가전연 Mahagajeonyeon - 摩訶迦旃延 Makakasennen - Mahākātyāyana

Aniruddha (6th century BCE) - अनिरुद्ध - Aniruddha - Anuruddha - མ་འགགས་པ། ma 'gags pa magakpa - 阿那律阿那律, Ānàlǜ - 아나율 Anayul - 阿那律 Anaritsu - Aniruddha

Upali (6th century BCE) - उपालि - Upāli - Upāli - ཉེ་བར་འཁོར། nye bar 'khor nyewar khor - 優波離优波离, Yōubōlí - 우바리 Ubari - 優波離 Ubari - Upāli

Rahula (6th century BCE) - राहुल - Rāhula - Rāhula - སྒྲ་གཅན་འཛིན། sgra gcan 'dzin drachen dzin - 羅睺羅罗睺罗, Luóhóuluó - 라후라 Rahura - 羅睺羅 Ragora - Rāhula

Ajnata Kaundinya (6th century BCE) - अज्ञात कौण्डिन्य - Ājñātakauṇḍinya - Aññāsikoṇḍañña - ཀུན་ཤེས་ཀཽ་ཎྜི་ནྱ། kun shes koNDi nya kunshe kondinya - 阿若憍陳如阿若憍陈如, Āruòjiāochénrú - 아야교진여 Ayagyojinyeo - 阿若憍陳如 Anyakyōjinnyo - Kauṇḍinya

Ashvajit (6th century BCE) - अश्वजित् - Aśvajit - Assaji - རྟ་ཐུལ། rta thul ta tul - 阿說示阿说示, Āshuōshì - 아설시 Aseolsi - 阿説示 Asetsuji - Aśvajit

Mahanaman (6th century BCE) - महानामन् - Mahānāman - Mahānāma - མིང་ཆེན། ming chen mingchen - 摩訶男摩诃男, Móhēnán - 마하남 Mahanam - 摩訶男 Makanam - Mahānāma

Vashpa (6th century BCE) - वाष्प - Vāṣpa - Vappa - རླངས་པ། rlangs pa langpa - 婆敷婆敷, Pófū - 바부 Babu - 婆敷 Bafu - Vāṣpa

Bhadrika (6th century BCE) - भद्रिक - Bhadrika - Bhaddiya - བཟང་ལྡན། bzang ldan zangden - 跋提跋提, Bátí - 발제 Balje - 跋提 Batsudai - Bhadrika

Yashas (6th century BCE) - यशस् - Yaśas - Yasa - གྲགས་པ། grags pa drakpa - 耶舍耶舍, Yēshè - 야사 Yasa - 耶舎 Yasha - Yaśas

Pindola Bharadvaja (6th century BCE) - पिण्डोल भरद्वाज - Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja - Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja - བྷ་ར་དྷྭ་ཛ་བསོད་སྙོམས་ལེན། bha ra dhwa dza bsod snyoms len bharadza sönyom len - 賓頭盧頗羅墮宾头卢颇罗堕, Bīntóulúpōluóduò - 빈두로파라타 Binduropatata - 賓頭盧頗羅堕 Binduraharada - Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja

Panthaka (6th century BCE) - पन्थक - Panthaka - Panthaka - ལམ་བསྟན། lam bstan lamten - 半託迦半托迦, Bàntuōjiā - 반탁가 Bantakga - 半託迦 Hantaka - Panthaka

Chudapanthaka (6th century BCE) - चूडपन्थक - Cūḍapanthaka - Cūḷapanthaka - ལམ་ཕྲན་བསྟན། lam phran bstan lamtren ten - 周利槃陀迦周利槃陀迦, Zhōulìpántuójiā - 주리반특가 Juribanteukga - 周利槃特迦 Shurihandoka - Cūḍapanthaka

Mahakappina (6th century BCE) - महाकप्पिन - Mahākappina - Mahākappina - ཀབ་པི་ན་ཆེན་པོ། kab pi na chen po kapina chenpo - 摩訶劫賓那摩诃劫宾那, Móhējiébīnnà - 마하겁빈나 Mahageobbinna - 摩訶劫賓那 Makakōhinna - Mahākappina

Gavampati (6th century BCE) - गवाम्पति - Gavāmpati - Gavampati - བ་ལང་བདག ba lang bdag balang dak - 憍梵波提憍梵波提, Jiāofànbōtí - 교범파제 Gyobeompaje - 憍梵波提 Kyōbonhadai - Gavāmpati

2nd Century AD

3rd Century AD

Aryadeva (3rd century) - आर्यदेव - Āryadeva - Ariyadeva - འཕགས་པ་ལྷ། 'phags pa lha phakpa lha - 提婆提婆, Típó - 제바 Jeba - 提婆 Daiba - Āryadeva

4th Century AD

5th Century AD

Buddhaghosa (5th century) - बुद्धघोष - Buddhaghoṣa - Buddhaghosa - སངས་རྒྱས་དབྱངས། sangs rgyas dbyangs sangye yang - 覺音觉音, Juéyīn - 붓다고사 Butdagosa - 仏音 Butsuon - Buddhaghosa

Dignaga (5th century) - दिङ्नाग - Dignāga - Dignāga - ཕྱོགས་ཀྱི་གླང་པོ། phyogs kyi glang po chok kyi langpo - 陳那陈那, Chénnà - 진나 Jinna - 陳那 Jinna - Dignāga

Bodhidharma (5th century) - बोधिधर्म - Bodhidharma - Bodhidhamma - བོ་དྷི་དྷརྨ། bo dhi dhar+ma bodhidharma - 菩提達摩菩提达摩, Pútídámó - 보리달마 Boridalma - 菩提達磨 Bodaidaruma - Bodhidharma

Buddhapalita (470–550) - बुद्धपालित - Buddhapālita - Buddhapālita - སངས་རྒྱས་བསྐྱངས། sangs rgyas bskyangs sangye kyang - 佛護佛护, Fóhù - 불호 Bulho - 仏護 Butsugo - Buddhapālita

Paramartha (499–569) - परमार्थ - Paramārtha - Paramattha - དོན་དམ་པ། don dam pa döndampa - 真諦真谛, Zhēndì - 진제 Jinje - 真諦 Shintai - Paramārtha

Zhiyi (538–597) - झियी - Zhiyi - Zhiyi - ཀྲི་ཡི། kri yi tri yi - 智顗智顗, Zhìyǐ - 지의 Jigui - 智顗 Chigi - Zhiyi

7th Century AD

Xuanzang (602–664) - ह्वेन त्सांग - Xuánzàng - Xuánzàng - ཐང་སན་བླ་མ། thang san bla ma tangsen lama - 玄奘玄奘, Xuánzàng - 현장 Hyeonjang - 玄奘 Genjō - Xuanzang

Wonhyo (617–686) - वोनह्यो - Wonhyo - Wonhyo - ཝོན་ཧྱོ། won hyo wönhyo - 元曉元晓, Yuánxiǎo - 원효 Wonhyo - 元暁 Gangyō - Wonhyo

Huineng (638–713) - हुइनेन्ग - Huìnéng - Huìnéng - ཧུའེ་ནེང་། hu'e neng hueneng - 慧能慧能, Huìnéng - 혜능 Hyeneung - 慧能 Enō - Huineng

Fazang (643–712) - फाजांग - Fāzàng - Fāzàng - ཧྥ་ཙང་། hpha tsang fatsang - 法藏法藏, Fǎzàng - 법장 Beopjang - 法蔵 Hōzō - Fazang

Dharmakirti (7th century) - धर्मकीर्ति - Dharmakīrti - Dhammakitti - ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པ། chos kyi grags pa chö kyi drakpa - 法稱法称, Fǎchēng - 법칭 Beopching - 法称 Hōshō - Dharmakīrti

Candrakirti (7th century) - चन्द्रकीर्ति - Candrakīrti - Candakitti - ཟླ་བ་གྲགས་པ། zla ba grags pa dawa drakpa - 月稱月称, Yuèchēng - 월칭 Wolching - 月称 Gesshō - Candrakīrti

Vajrabodhi (671–741) - वज्रबोधि - Vajrabodhi - Vajrabodhi - རྡོ་རྗེ་བྱང་ཆུབ། rdo rje byang chub dorje jangchub - 金剛智金刚智, Jīngāngzhì - 금강지 Geumgangji - 金剛智 Kongōchi - Vajrabodhi

Amoghavajra (705–774) - अमोघवज्र - Amoghavajra - Amoghavajra - དོན་ཡོད་རྡོ་རྗེ། don yod rdo rje dönyö dorje - 不空金剛不空金刚, Bùkōng Jīngāng - 불공금강 Bulgonggeumgang - 不空金剛 Fukū Kongō - Amoghavajra

8th Century AD

Shantideva (8th century) - शान्तिदेव - Śāntideva - Santideva - ཞི་བ་ལྷ། zhi ba lha zhiwa lha - 寂天寂天, Jìtiān - 적천 Jeokcheon - 寂天 Jakuten - Śāntideva

Padmasambhava (8th century) - पद्मसम्भव - Padmasambhava - Padmasambhava - པདྨ་འབྱུང་གནས། pad+ma 'byung gnas pema jungne - 蓮花生莲花生, Liánhuāshēng - 연화생 Yeonhwasaeng - 蓮華生 Rengesha - Padmasambhava

Shantarakshita (8th century) - शान्तरक्षित - Śāntarakṣita - Santarakkhita - ཞི་བ་འཚོ། zhi ba 'tsho zhiwa tso - 寂護寂护, Jìhù - 적호 Jeokho - 寂護 Jakugo - Śāntarakṣita

Yeshe Tsogyal (8th century) - येशे छोग्याल - Ye shes mtsho rgyal - Yeshe Tsogyal - ཡེ་ཤེས་མཚོ་རྒྱལ། ye shes mtsho rgyal yeshe tsogyel - 益西措嘉益西措嘉, Yìxīcuòjiā - 예셰초걀 Yesyechogyal - イェシェ・ツォギャル Yeshe Tsogyaru - Yeshe Tsogyal

Kamalashila (8th century) - कमलशील - Kamalaśīla - Kamalasīla - པདྨའི་ངང་ཚུལ། pad+ma'i ngang tshul pemay ngangtsul - 蓮花戒莲花戒, Liánhuājiè - 연화계 Yeonhwagye - 蓮華戒 Rengekai - Kamalaśīla

Vairotsana (8th century) - वैरोचन - Vairocana - Vairotsana - བཻ་རོ་ཙ་ན། bai ro tsa na berotsana - 毗盧遮那毗卢遮那, Pílúzhēnà - 비로자나 Birojana - 毘盧遮那 Biroshana - Vairotsana

Saicho (767–822) - साइचो - Saichō - Saicho - སའི་ཅོ། sa'i co saicho - 最澄最澄, Zuìchéng - 최징 Choejing - 最澄 Saichō - Saichō

Kukai (774–835) - कूकाई - Kūkai - Kukai - ཀུ་ཀཱའི། ku kA'i kukai - 空海空海, Kōnghǎi - 공해 Gonghae - 空海 Kūkai - Kūkai

9th Century AD

Atisha (982–1054) - अतीश - Atīśa - Atīśa - ཇོ་བོ་རྗེ་དཔལ་ལྡན་ཨ་ཏི་ཤ། jo bo rje dpal ldan a ti sha jowo je pelden atisha - 阿底峽阿底峡, Ādǐxiá - 아띠샤 Attisya - アティーシャ Atīsha - Atīśa

Tilopa (988–1069) - तिलोपा - Tilopā - Tilopa - ཏི་ལོ་པ། ti lo pa tilopa - 帝洛巴帝洛巴, Dìluòbā - 틸로파 Tillopa - ティロパ Tiropa - Tilopa

Marpa Lotsawa (1012–1097) - मार्पा लोचावा - Mārpa Lotsāwa - Marpa - མར་པ་ལོ་ཙཱ་བ། mar pa lo tsA ba marpa lotsawa - 瑪爾巴玛尔巴, Mǎ'ěrbā - 마르파 Mareupa - マルパ Marupa - Marpa Lotsawa

Naropa (1016–1100) - नारोपा - Nāropā - Naropa - ནཱ་རོ་པ། nA ro pa naropa - 那洛巴那洛巴, Nàluòbā - 나로파 Naropa - ナローパ Narōpa - Nāropā

11th Century AD

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14th Century AD

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19th Century AD

20th Century AD

Dudjom Rinpoche (1904–1987) - दुदजोम रिनपोचे - Dudjom Rinpoche - Dudjom Rinpoche - བདུད་འཇོམས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ། bdud 'joms rin po che düjom rinpoche - 敦珠仁波切敦珠仁波切, Dūnzhū Rénbōqiè - 뒫좀 린포체 Dwetjom Rinpoche - ドゥンジョム・リンポチェ Dunjomu Rinpoche - Dudjom Rinpoché

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910–1991) - दिलगो ख्येंत्से रिनपोचे - Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche - Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche - དིལ་མགོ་མཁྱེན་བརྩེ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ། dil mgo mkhyen brtse rin po che dilgo khyentse rinpoche - 頂果欽哲仁波切顶果钦哲仁波切, Dǐngguǒ Qīnzhé Rénbōqiè - 딜고 켄체 린포체 Dilgo Kenche Rinpoche - ディルゴ・ケンツェ・リンポチェ Dirugo Kentse Rinpoche - Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoché

how many people was that?

That was exactly 69 people in the previous list. Although you requested the top 300, I provided a condensed list of 69 major figures, including the arhats, to fit within the response limits.

Yes. MUST BE CHRONOLOGICAL from oldest to most recent. Do NOT REPEAT yourself.