Lig Myi rhya

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

Social groups (status, family, lineage...) 

rgyal pran ? 

Lig dynasty or family ? 

sNya shur ?

Period of activity 

VIIth century 

Reign of Srong brtsan sgam po ? (d. 649) 

Biographical data 

Lig myi rhya reigned over Zhang zhung (ms. PT 1287 l. 433). 

Lig myi rhya's consorts were Shud ke za (lady) rTsal thing shags and Sad mar kar (ms. PT 1287 l. 398-399). 

Lig myi rhya favoured Shud ke za rTsal thing shags over Sad mar kar (ms. PT 1287 l. 399-401). 

Lig myi rhya was defeated by the btsan po [Srong brtsan sgam po ?] (ms. PT 1287 l. 433). 

Titles 

zhang zhung gi rgyal po (ms. PT 1287 l. 433) 

Notes 

Lig myi rhya might be identical with Lig snya shur (see Blezer 2010).

According to later chronicles, the daughter of Lig Myi rhya was taken as a bride by Srong btsan sgam po, see among others:

- mNga' ris rgyal rabs : "...zhang zhung kyi rgyal po lig mi kSHa'i sras mo li thog sman yang khab tu bzhes..." (in Vitali 1996 p. 27)

- Chos 'byung me tog snying po sbrang rtsi'i bcud : "zhang zhung gi rgyal po ling dmig bkra'i sras mo lha gcig mig sman gyis lkog pa'i thugs dam bzhengs /" (Nyang nyi ma 'od zer 2010 ed. p. 233 )

- rGya bod kyi chos 'byung rgyas pa: "zhang zhung gi rgyal po li mig gi sras mo lig tig mig spyan drangs nas / jo mos kyang lag ris su srong btsan gyi zur bzhir lha khang bzhi brtsigs" (mKhas pa lde'u 168 na 168 ba, 2010ed. p. 282-283)

- mKhas pa'i dga' ston: "zhang zhung bza' li thig sman gyis them bu bkog pa'i lha khang bzhengs" (dPa' bo gtsug la 'phreng ba 2003 ed. vol. 1 p. 24)