dre Ta tha ga tha

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

dre?* 

Myang?** (unsure, work hypothesis) 

Period of activity

VIIIth century? 

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan? 

Biographical data 

Dre Ta tha ga tha received instructions [on performing phur bu ritual practice (directly from Padma Sam ba ba ?)] (ms. PT 44 l. 17.4-18.3 ). 

'Bu na A na and dre Ta tha ga tha accomplished [phur bu ritual practice] in Brag dmar brag at the bSam yas cave, dre Ta tha ga tha, "struck fire" (ms. PT 44 l. 18.3-19.4 ). 

Dre Ta tha ga tha was likely also a contemporary of Ba bor Be ro tsa, and/or [Kha?] rtse Nya na si ga (ms. PT 44 l. 16.5-17.4). 

Titles 

Notes 

See Bischoff Hartman 1971 p. 23, Kapstein 2000 p. 158-159, Cantwell, Mayer 2008 p. 61-62. 

* I haven't find so far the epithet "dre" ("mule"?) as a family name in other Old Tibetan ms.. Could it be some sort of nickname? Compare with other characters mentioned in ms. PT 44 : gnyan rNyi ba bTsan ba dpal (gnyan : wild sheep?), perhaps also ba bor Be ro tsa (middle persian babr : tiger)? 

** Later documentation mentions a Nyang / Myang Ta tha ga tha which : 

- may have been a disciple of Vimalamitra ("... paN chen bi mâ la'i slob ma nyang ting 'dzin bzang po / nyang ta thâ ga ta / nyang shes rab 'byung gnas sogs gsang sngags kyi grub pa ..." see Nyang ston khra tshang blo gros mchog gi rdo rje'i rnam thar, p. 216 in gSung 'bum, vol. 12 / Ngag dbang blo bzang rgya mtsho. - Beijing : krung go'i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang, 2009) 

- is credited for the foundation of the Kha rag yul rje'i lha khang ("nyang ta thâ ga tas kha rag yul rje'i lha khang bzhengs /" Ne'u pandita 2005 ed. p. 27).