Social groups

'A zha (2) 'Ba' (1) 'Bal (6) 'Ber (3) 'Bre (2) 'Bring yas (9) 'Bro (33) 'Brom (6) 'Bu na (1) 'Da'r (1) 'Dan ma (1) 'Dral (2) 'Go (1) 'Go 'bom (5) 'Gong bom (3) 'Greng ro (6) 'Jang (4) 'O ma lde (4) 'Ol (2) 'Ol god (1) 'Phan (2) An (10) Bal po (4) Bam (10) ban de (15) bKrags (2) blon (115) blon chen (37) bon po (1) Brag (2) Bran ka (3) btsan mo (6) btsun mo (17) Byin (1) Ce (1) Cog ro (34) Da rgyal (4) Dags (6) dBa's (25) dBrad (2) De'u (1) dGro (2) dGro snya (4) dre (1) Dru gu (4) gcen (3) gcung (4) Gle'u (1) gNang (3) gNo' (3) gNubs (12) gnyan (1) gNyi ba (5) gNyos (2) Gro (4) gshen (3) gTom (1) Gu rib (4) gZhams (3) je ba (2) Je'u (2) Jeng (2) Kam (3) Khang (5) Khe rgad (1) Khu (8) Khyung po (6) klu (1) Kvag (1) Lang gro (6) lCi sa (2) lCog la (1) lDe sman (4) lDe'u (2) lha (14) lHa lung (1) lHo (4) Lig (2) Mar (1) Mar kong (1) mChims (18) Meg le (4) mGar (13) mGos (2) mkhan po (13) mKhar pa (1) mNon (5) mNyan (3) Mon (1) Mong (3) mThon myi (2) Myang (17) Myva (4) Nem (1) Ngan lam (4) Ning (1) Pa gor (2) Pa tsab (5) pho nya (13) Pho yong (1) Phung (1) phyva (1) Reb kong (4) rGya gar (11) rGya nag (12) rgyal pran (23) rHya (2) Rlang (20) rMa (2) rMe'u (2) rNgegs (8) Rong spo (4) rTsig (1) Ru yong (2) Rye shin (1) Sag (1) sBrang (3) Seng go (6) She'u (2) Shud ke (1) Shud pu (4) sKa ba (2) sKya tsa (7) sKyi (3) sman (1) sNa nam (13) sNya shur (5) sPu rgyal btsan po (43) sPug (4) srin (14) Sro (1) stag (4) sTang (3) Sum pa (2) Tre (2) Tshar long (7) Tshes pong (14) Wang (1) Yo gang (5) Zha snga (3) zhang (38) zhu chen (6)

Wednesday 26 December 2018

ban de Thub brtan

00521
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

ban de 

mkhan po 


Period of activity 

IXth century



Biographical data 

The gzhi 'dzin ban de Thub brtan, Myang sTag dgra rdog rje, and the khams 'ul gyi rings lugs ban de sNa nam Blo gros dbang po wrote an inventory of sacred texts in a Hog year (ms. PT 1002 l. 5-7). 

ban de Thub brtan (ms. ITJ 914 l. 3) was a contemporary of:

- Lo Byi brtsan  (ms. ITJ 914 l. 1, 3-4)

- Li Kang tse (ms. ITJ 914 l. 1-2)

Tre mMyes slebs (ms. ITJ 914 l. 4)

- Khyung po sTag legs (ms. ITJ 914 l. 4-5)

mkhan po Thub brtan (ms. ITJ 844 l. 4) was a contemporary of:

- Bam sTag slebs, Cang Ka dzo and Cang Kun tse (ms. ITJ 844 l. 1) 

- the gnyer pa Dar rgyal ma and Tre mMyes slebs (ms. ITJ 844 l. 5) 

- Lo Byi brtsan, Dze'u gog tsheng and Cang Klu legs (ms. ITJ 844 l. 7-8) 


Titles 

gzhi 'dzin ban de (ms. PT 1002 l. 6) 

mkhan po (ms. ITJ 844 l. 4)

band de (ms. ITJ 914 l. 3)


Notes

On ms. PT 1002, see also Lalou 1939-1961, doc. 1002.

See translation of ms. ITJ 844 and ITJ 914 in Thomas 1951, respectively p.41-42 and p. 44-45.

On ms. ITJ 914, see also Takeuchi 1995 doc n° 34 for dating, transliteration, translation, comment...

See also "[thub b]rtan in ms. ITJ 1379 l. r. 3 (see Thomas 1951 p. 44).


Friday 21 December 2018

Dru gu lHa legs

00448 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

Dru gu (Turk) 


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan

Reign of Mu ne brtsan

Reign of Khri lDe srong brtsan

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan

Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan


Biographical data 

Dru gu lHa legs is mentioned as a guarantor or a witness (gnya') on a petition found in Miran (ms. Or15000/490 l. 17) 

Dru gu lHa legs is a contemporary of: 

- rtse rje blon Ju cug (? Or.15000/490 l. 1) 

- zhing pon skyang po dBye rma (? Or.15000/490 l. 2)

- Pang tsab rBeg chung (also "rBe chung" ms. Or.15000/490 l. 2-3, 5) 

- lDong prang sPra 'u kong (Or.15000/490 l. 3, 12) 

- [Rlang] Klu 'dus (Or.15000/490 l. 4) 

- [Rlang] Dang 'be myes mthong (Or.15000/490 l. 4) 

- Rlang 'phran 'Phan legs (Or.15000/490 l. 4) 

- 'Greng ro Klu brtan (ms. Or.15000/490 l. 16) 

- Khra stag chung (or Khu sTag chung ? as read in Thomas 1951 p. 150, Or.15000/490 l. 16) 

- So nam legs (Or.15000/490 l. 17) 

- Rum mtsho brtsan (Or.15000/490 l. 17) 

- 'Bring 'brug spe (Or.15000/490 l. 17) 


Titles 


Notes 

Concerning ms. Or.15000/490, see Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. n° 606, transl.in Thomas 1951 p. 150.

Thursday 13 December 2018

zhang Khri mnyes smon zung

00283 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

zhang 

'Bro family?* 

mChims family?* 


Period of activity 

VIIIth century 



Biographical data 

In Hare year [715] the rtsang cen gyi brung pa Lang Sa tseng died and was replaced by the zhang Khri mnyes smon zung (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 199). 

In Hog year [723]  [dBa's] Khri sum rje [rtsang bzher] offered (?) the khud pa chen po (?) to zhang Khri mnyes smon zung (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 227-230). 

Zhang Khri mnyes smon zung died in the winter of the Dragon year [740-741] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 282-284). 


Titles 

zhang (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 199, 230, 284) 

rtsang cen gyi brung pa (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 199) 

khud pa chen po (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 230 ) 


Notes 

*From the context of the early VIIIth c.



Friday 7 December 2018

Tre Mye slebs

00778 
Other names / Alternative spellings 

Tre Mye slebs (ms. ITJ 844 l. 5, ITJ 1379 l. 5) 

Tre Myeslebs (ms. ITJ 914 l. 4) 


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

Tre (family?) 


Period of activity 

IXth century? 



Biographical data

Tre Mye slebs / Tre Myeslebs was a contemporary of: 

- Dar rgyal ma (ms. ITJ 844 l. 5), 

- Dze'u gog tsheng (ms. ITJ 844 l. 7) 

- Bam sTag slebs (ms. ITJ 844 l. 7) 

- Lo Byis brtsan / Byi brtsan (ms. ITJ 1379 l. r1, r5, ITJ 914 l. 3-4, ITJ 844 l. 7-8) 

- Khong man tse (ms. ITJ 1379 l. r4, v1) 

- Kham Log log (ms. ITJ 1379 l. r.5-6) 

- Cang Tshe shing (ms. ITJ 1379 l. r.5-6) 

- Cang Ka dzo (ms. ITJ 844 l. 1) 

- Cang Kun tse (ms. ITJ 844 l. 1) 

- Cang Klu legs (ms. ITJ 844 l. 7-8) 

- Li Kang tse (ms. ITJ 914 l. 1-2) 

- ban de Thub brtan (ms. ITJ 914 l. 3) / mkhan po Thub brtan (ms. ITJ 844 l. 4)



Titles 


Notes 

See translation of ms. ITJ 844,  ITJ 914, ITJ 1379 in Thomas 1951, respectively p.41-42, 44-45, and 43-44. 

On ms. ITJ 914, see also Takeuchi 1995 doc n° 34 for dating, transliteration, translation, comment... 


Thursday 6 December 2018

Tre Legs bzher

00779 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

Tre (family ?) 


Period of activity 

IXth century? 



Biographical data 

Tre legs bzher was a reviser and a contemporary of the copyist rNgegs lHa gzigs (ms. PT 1306 f.31b). 


Titles 


Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1306 

Mentioned in Dotson 2013-2014 [2015] p. 24 

Legs bzher / Leg bzher seems to have been a rather frequent name, see : 

- see mentions of (another?) Legs bzher in ms. PT 1604 (contemporary of a sNyan legs) and PT 1763 

- see also mentions of (most likely another) nang rje po blon Legs bzher (ms. PT 1945), nang rje po zhang Legs bzher (ms. PT 1159, PT 1166, PT 1244, PT 1519 ), nang rje po blon Legs bzher mtsho brtsan (ms. PT 1956)...

- not to be confused with gNang Legs bzher, gTom Legs bzher (ms. PT 1642)... 


Wednesday 5 December 2018

Khyung po sTag legs

00776 
Other names / Alternative spellings 

Khyung po sTag legs (ITJ 913 l. 4-5, according to Takeuchi 1994 doc. n° 34)

Khyung po rTag legs (ITJ 913 l. 4-5, according to OTDO


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

Khyung po family 


Period of activity 

IXth century



Biographical data 

Khyung po sTag legs (ms. ITJ 914 l. 4-5was a contemporary of: 

- Li Kang tse (ms. ITJ 914 l. 1-2) 

- ban de Thub brtan (ms. ITJ 914 l. 3

- Lo Byi brtsan (ms. ITJ 914 l. 1. 3-4) 

- Tre Mye slebs (ms. ITJ 914 l. 4)


Titles 


Notes 

See dating, transliteration, translation and comment of ms. ITJ 914 in Takeuchi 1995 doc n° 34. 

Not to be confused with : Je'u sTag legs

See also (other?) sTag legs in ms. PT 1231 , PT 1333 , PT 1345, PT 1374 (a copyist, see Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1231, 1333, 1345, 1374). 

(Likely another?) blon sTag legs is mentioned in ms. PT 1153 (see Lalou 1939-1961, doc n° 1153). 

(Another?) sTag legs is mentioned in ms. Or. 15000/265 (sends a letter to the blon sKyes bzang, see Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. n° 366). 

(Another?) sTag legs is mentioned in ms. PT 1649 (sends a letter to the nang rje po blon rMa bzher, see Lalou 1939-1961 doc n° 1649). 

(Another?) sTag legs is mentioned in ms. PT 1673 (sends a letter to the nang rje po blon bTsan bzher, sends a letter to bTsan bzher and lDong cung, see Lalou 1939-1961 doc n° 1673). 

(Another?) sTag legs is mentioned in ms. PT 1676 (sends a letter to the nang rje po blon bTsan bzher and blon sTag bzher, see Lalou 1939-1961 doc n° 1676).


'A zha g.Yu brtsan

00452 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

'A zha people 


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 


Reign of Mu ne brtsan



Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan


Biographical data 

'A zha g.Yu brtsan was a contemporary of dBrad Chas slebs (ms. Or. 15000/185 l. r3). 


Titles 


Notes 

On ms. Or. 15000/185 see Takeuchi 1997-1998 n° 249