blon Legs sgra

01160

Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

Cog ro* (very uncertain, kept for indexation)

blon


Period of activity 

IXth century? 


Biographical data 

Request from a dmag dpon to zhang blon chen po blon rGyal btsan and blon Legs sgra (ms. PT 1089 l3 r13) 

Letter from [Tshar long] lHa 'brug brtsan addressed to jo co blon gTshug bzher and blon Legs sgra... (ms. ITJ 897 l. 1) 

Blon Legs sgra was a contemporary of a blon brTan bzher (ms. ITJ 897 l. 5, 7) 


Titles 

blon (ms. ITJ 897 l1, PT 1089 l. r13) 

jo co blon (ms. ITJ 897 l. 4) 


Notes 

On ms. PT 1089 see Scherrer Schaub 2007, Taenzer 2012 p. 74-78)

*A blon po "Cog ro Legs sgra ..." is mentioned by a number of later historians. There is no way, though, to ascertain that this is the same as the blon Legs sgra of old Tibetan manuscripts. 

Legs sgra lha ldong is the second of three Cog ro ministers in Blon po bka' thang ch. III (see Blon po bka' thang III in bKa' thang sde lnga 1997 ed. p. 436-437)

"Cog ro Legs sgra ..." is moreoften remembered as Khri lDe gtsug brtsan Ral pa can's murderer (along with dBas rGyal to re) and brother in law (skud po, he was thus a brother of the slandered queen Cog ro za dPal gyi ngang tshul and in consequence perhaps also of Cog ro Klu'i rgyal mtshan). 

"dbas rgyal to re dang cog ro legs sgra ldong phung ‘dre mi gnyis kyi zha’i bor khyer <’or cher> rgyal po dbu skra bsil ba’i dus su / btsan po rgya’i ‘bras chan gsol ba la dug sna tshogs pa drangs pas ma sto bar / der lan dkar du stang ldong btsan dang skud po cog ro lha lod kyis rje mnga’ bdag ral pa can dgung lo sum cu rtsa drug pa lcags pho bya’i lo la ltag pa gcus nas zhal ltag par bstan / cog ro bya’u bgyis nas sku bkum /" (Nyang Nyi ma 'od zer 2010 ed. p. 396)

"cog ro legs sgra lha 'dongs btsan dang sbas rgyal to re stag snang la sogs pas dus ngan la khungs byung nas spyod pa ngan pa mis byas rgyal khams la kha lo bsgyur te . blon chen khri gsum rje stag snang la sogs la ma nyes pa'i skyon phab /" (lDe'u jo sras 1987 ed. p. 138)

"bod kyi bsod nams nyams pa dang ‘dre srin rgod pas btsan po dgung lo so drug lcags lo bya la / sbas rgyal to re dang cog ro legs bkra gdong btsan gnyis kyis zhal ltag par bstan te bkrongs so //" (Klong chen rabs 'byams 1991 ed. p. 382-383)

"btsan po ‘di me pho khyi lo ‘khrungs nas / dgung lo so drug pa lcags mo yos la / dbas rgyal to re dang / skud po cog ro legs sgra gnyis kyis zhal ltag par bkan te bkrongs so /" (gnas rnying gyen tho 2012 ed. p. 41)