zhang rGyal nyen

01049 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

zhang 

sNa nam? 

Period of activity 

Reign of Khri Srong lde btsan?* 

VIIIth century? 

Biographical data 

Zhang rGyal nyen was a contemporary of 'Br[...] Nya khri (TibHT 2 l. 1, 5). 

Titles 

zhang (TibHT 2 l. 1) 

Notes 

*Mentions of two (?) zhang rGyal nyen in later literature, both linked to the reign of Khri Srong lde btsan: 

- the lo tsâ ba "zhang rGyal nyen nya bzang" (dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba 2004 ed. p. 525-526, Klong chen chos 'byung 1991 ed. p. 377-380, also "zhang rGyal nyen nyam bzang" in Bu ston 1991 ed. p. 190), likely the same as the "sNa nam rGyal nyer bzangs", one of the che bdun dpon bdun in the time of Khri Srong lde btsan ("sna nam rgyal nyer bzangs ni chos kyi bla mkhyen yin pas che", mKhas pa lde'u 149na 2010 ed. p. 251-252), and the chos kyi shags mkhan "zhang rGyal nya bzang" in the debate between buddhists and bon (dBa' bzhed 2010 ed. p. 27-28) 

- dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba mentions (another character?) "zhang rGyal nyen zla gong", one of the oath takers in the time of Khri Srong lde btsan (dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba 2004 ed. p. 372-373).