mGar bTsan snya ldom bu

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

mGar bTsan snya ldom bu (ms. PT 1287 l. 105, PT 1288- ITJ 750 l. 107) 

bTsan snya ldom bu (ms. PT 1287 l. 107) 

bTsan snya (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 64, 76-78, 81, 84, 86, 90-91) 

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

mGar family 

blon chen

Period of activity 

VIIth century 

Reign of Mang slon mang brtsan 

Reign (childhood) of Khri 'Dus srong mang po rje 

Biographical data 

After mGar sTong rtsan yul zung's death (in Hare year [667], ms. PT 1288 l. 48), lesser officials and vassals (zhang lon pra mo dang 'bangs) proposed to appoint dBa's sNang to re sum snang as blon che (great minister), but mGar bTsan snya ldom bu was eventually selected by the "lord and ministers" (rje blon, ms. PT 1287 l. 104-106). 

dBa's sNang to re sum snang was appointed as 'og pon in order to learn the duty of blon che from mGar bTsan snya ldom bu, but died soon after (ms. PT 1287 l. 106-107). 

In Bird year [673] and Dragon year [680], mGar bTsan snya ldom bu summoned the council in association with [his brother] mGar Khri 'bring btsan brod (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 56-58, 76-77). 

In Rat year [676] mGar bTsan snya ldom bu led [an army] in the land of the Turks (dru gu yul, ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 90-91). 

mGar bTsan snya ldom bu died in Bird year [685], possibly murdered by [his younger brother (?)] mGar Mang nyen stag tsab (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 90-91). 

After mGar bTsan snya ldom bu's death mGar Khri 'bring btsan brod became blon chen and Khri 'Dus srong mang po rje was enthroned (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 91-92) 

Titles 

blon (ms. PT 1287 l. 107, PT 1288- ITJ 750 l. 64) 

blon chen pho (ms. PT 1288- ITJ 750 l. 76, 78, 81, 84, ) 

blon chen po (ms. PT 1288- ITJ 750 l. 77, 90) 

blon che (ms. PT 1288- ITJ 750 l. 86) 

Notes 

In contradiction with the "Old Tibetan Annals", the "Old Tibetan Chronicle" states that Khu Mang po rje lha zung and dBa's Khri gzigs zhang nyen were blon che between mGar bTsan snya ldom bu and mGar Khri 'bring btsan brod (ms. PT 1287 l. 107-109). 

According to the Tangshu "Zanxiruo" (i. e. mGar bTsan snya ldom bu) was the elder of the five sons of mGar sTong rtsan yul zung (transl. Pelliot 1961 p. 7, 85).