blon dGe bzang

00898

Other names / Alternative spellings


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data

Blon dGe bzang was a contemporary of a rMa legs (ms. PT 2076).

Nang rje po blon dGe bzang was a contemporary of mkhan po Li'u Sha li (ms. PT 2076).

Zhan lon che po blon dGe bzang was a contemporary of blon brTsan la 'pan (Or. 15000/326 l. r9) in a hare year (Or. 15000/326 l. r1)


Titles 

blon (ms. PT 2076) 

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 2076)

jo bo to dog blon (ms. PT 2204.3)

zhan lon che po blon (Or. 15000/326 l. r9) 


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 2076, 2204d

See Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. 427r9 

See also blon dGe bzang (?) in ms. PT 2204B l. 2 (with a mention of a blon rMa legs in l. 1)

blon sTag sTong zigs

00633

Other names / Alternative spellings

nang rje po blon sTag sTong zigs (ms. Or.8210/S.5721 l. 1)

nang po blon sTong zigs (ms. PT 1312 f. 5 verso)

nang rje po sTong zigs (ms. PT 1653 verso)


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

stag (?)


Period of activity

VIIIth century?*

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan?*


Biographical data

Nang rje po blon sTag sTong zigs, was a contemporary of a sTag skyes (ms. Or.8210/S.5721 l. 1).

Nang rje po sTong zigs, was a contemporary of a Bung yig  (ms. PT 1653 verso).


Titles 

nang po blon (ms. PT 1312 f. 5 verso)

nang rje po (ms. PT 1653 verso)

nang rje po blon (ms. Or.8210/S.5721 l. 1)


Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1312 

*A character with a name similar to "sTag sTong zigs" is found in mKhas pa lde'u's chronicle : gNyer sTag bcan sTong gzigs. He is said to have erected the Gling khri rtse'i gtsug la khang in order to purify the sin of leading a war against China ("de yang gnyer stag bcan stong gzigs kyis rgya la dmag drangs pa'i sdig sbyong du / gling khri rtse'i gtsug lag khang bzhengs" mKhas pa lde'u 149na 2010 ed. p. 250).

The same character is also mentioned (with spelling variations) in other historical works :

- In dBa' bzhed, sNyer stag btsan ldong gzigs is on the buddhist side at the time of the debate between buddhism and bon (dBa' bzhed 2010 ed. p. 27-28, also gNyer rTag btsan ldong gzigs in sBa bzhed 2010 ed. p. 99)

- in Ne'u Pandita chronicle, he is the first of the list of mdzang pa mi bdun : "gcig du 'dzangs pa gnyer stag tshal ldong gzigs yin / de yis las stabs ci byas na / ba re glang re gnag re ra lug khrims su btsan <bcas/> rtsva la chung bu byas nas dbyar rtsi dgun du 'tshal / spang thang zhung du glog <slog> nas de mthar khang khyim brtsigs / de'i gong na bod la rtsi thog lo thog med / (p. 10)"  he is also credited for erecting the rGya'i ha zhang lha khang in order to expiate the sins comitted during his campaign against Zhang po rgya (i.e. China) "gnyer stag btsan ldong gzigs kyis zhang po rgya la dmag 'dren pa'i dmag dpon byas pa'i sdig bshags su rgya'i ha shang lha khang bzhengs",  (bKa' thang sde lnga 1997 ed. p. 489-491).

- In bKa' thangs sde lgna : "/ gnyer pa stag mtshan ldong gzig blon po khyod / / rgyal po klu yi khyab 'jug skye ba blangs / / / tshe 'phos da lta rgyal po'i blon po yin /" (Blon po bka' thang XXVI, in bKa' thang sde lnga 1997 ed. p. 507)  and  "/ blon gnyer stag mtshan gdong gzigs 'di / / la stod 'am zhes su / / nam mkha'i ming can la stod kha lo sgyur /" (Blon po bka' thang XXVIII, in bKa' thang sde lnga 1997 ed. p. 515-517) 

gNyer does not seem to occur in Old Tibetan sources as a family or clan name. However, gnyer pa appears to be a title, translated as "levy official" by T. Takeuchi  (see Takeuchi 1995 text 33 p. 88, 257, and text 34 p. 260, "It seems that gnyer-pa were officials whose task was to levy or collect taxes, tributes, penalties etc" Takeuchi 1995 p. 259).

I was also so far unable to find in Old Tibetan documentation the spelling lDong gzig[s], although it seems to  be prevalent in later litterature.

blon lDong bzang

00685

Other names / Alternative spellings


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


Period of activity 

IXth century*

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?

Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan?


Biographical data

Blon lDong bzang borrowed grain before the visit of a blon sTag zigs**(ms. PT 1104 E2).

Blon lDong bzang had two bondservants (bran) Dru gu Legs chung and Sheg Ne ne (ms. PT 1104 E2').

mTha' yas, Hong ben, lHa 'co, lHa brtan and others, sent a letter to blon lDong bzang (ms. PT 1199 l. 1).

Nang rje po blon lDong bzang was a contemporary of : 

- a Cog ro (ms. PT 1199 l. 3)

- dPal bzang gtsug tor (ms. PT 1199 l. 4)

- blon sTag sum [rje] (? ms. PT 1199 l. 5 )  

- blon dPal brtsan (ms. PT 1385 f. bam po 66 l. r. 5)


Titles

blon (ms. PT 1104 l. E1-2)  

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 1199 l. 1, PT 1385 f. bam po 66 l. r. 5) 

Notes

* loan contract on ms. PT 1104 dated c. 830/842 (see Takeuchi 1995 p. 12,  47)

** see among others :  rNgegs blon sTag zigs rgan kol, Bam sTag zigs. See also "sTag gzigs", such as : Wang sTag gzigs  (a copyist, ms. PT 1113), and  blon "sTag gzigs" (in ms. PT 1104, PT 1295, PT 1861)...

See Takeuchi 1995 text 27 (ms. PT 1104)

See also Takeuchi 1998 doc. 619.4 "zhang lon blon [stong (/'dong)] bzang"?

 

'Ba' brTan kong

01057

Other names / Alternative spellings


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

'Ba' (= 馬*)


Period of activity

IXth century? **

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?  **

Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan? **


Biographical data 


Titles 


Notes 

Not to be confused with :

- Do brTan kong (PT2204 c)

- 'Gu brTan kong (ms. PT1629)

- Tshar long brTan kong (ms. PT 1610)

- mGar brTan kong (ms. PT 1959)...  

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1336

**See also Dotson 2015b p. 159

*See Takeuchi 1995 p. 38  

Mentions of 'Ba' brTan kong in ms. PT 1336  

Source: Gallica

blon dPal zigs

00687

Other names / Alternative spellings


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

blon


Period of activity

IXth century?

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?

Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan? 


Biographical data 

Blon dPal zigs sends a letter to a blon dPal bzang (ms. PT 1385).


Titles

blon (ms. PT 1385) 


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1385

On ms. PT 1385 see also Dotson 2013-2014 [2015] p. 29, 31, 36, 48, 53

// blon dpal bzang gyI zha sngar / blon dpal zigs gi mchId gsol ba' // (ms. PT 1385 )

Source: Gallica

blon sTag gung

01033

Other names / Alternative spellings


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

blon


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data 


Titles

blon (ms. Or 15000/280 l. 1)


Notes

See Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc 381

blon lDong bzher

00782

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

blon


Period of activity 

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data

Nang rje po blon lDong bzher, a contemporary of Myes rma* (ms. PT 1331  f. 521 verso)


Titles

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 1331)


Notes

*A (probably different) 'Bal blon Klu bzang myes rma is mentioned in the 821/822 peace treaty inscription (inscr. peace treaty l. n32-n33) 

See also : lDong bzher, a contemporary of rGyal bzher (= rKyal bzher), Kon bzher, lHa bzher, Cung bzang, Gung zigs and Khu tshab (ms. Or. 15000/498 l. 1, 6-7)

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc 1331

See also Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. 615