rTsang rje Thod kar

00087 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

rTsang rje'i Phyva' (ms. PT 1060 l. 74) 

rTsang rje Pva 'a (ms. ITJ 734 l. 7r292-293, 7r298) 

rTsang rje Phva (? ms. PT 1285 l. r186) 

rTsang rje Phva 'a (ms. ITJ 734 l. 7r294)

rTsang rje'i thod kar (ms. PT 1286 l. 8, PT 1290 l. r4, v5) 

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

rgyal pran 

Period of activity 

Mythical times ? 

Protohistory ? 

Biographical data 

The lord (rje) rTsang rje'i phyva and the god (lha) rTsang la 'i bye'u were residing at the dNgo fortress (dngo mkhar) in rTsang stod (ms. PT 1060 l. 74).

rTsang rje Pva 'a was residing in rTsang shul mtho (? ms. ITJ 734 l. 7r 292).

rTsang srin Pod de, threatened rTsang rje pva 'a, and rTsang shen sNyal ngag was invited [to perform the ransom rites], rTsang lha Pu dar was invoked... (ms. ITJ 734 l. 7r293-300).

rTsang rje phva was residing in rTsang pho phyed kar (ms. PT 1285 l. r184 = rTsang ro dbyes kar ? ms. PT 1285 l. r171).

rTsang rje thod kar was residing in Myang ro'i phyir khar (ms. PT 1290 l. v5). 

rTsang rje'i phyva'/rTsang rje thod kar's ministers (blon po) were Su du and gNang (ms. PT 1060 l. 74-75, PT 1286 l. 8, PT 1290 l. v5). 

Titles 

rje (ms. PT 1060 l. 74, PT 1290 l. r4, v5, v7) 

Notes

Ms. ITJ 734 transl. in Thomas 1957 p. 93, see also Samten G. Karmay's article "Concepts of Territorial Organisation and their Transformation into Buddhist Sacred Sites" p. 37 (in Karmay 2005).