gNam ri slon mtshan

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

gNam ri (ms. PT 1287 l. 319, ITJ 1375 l. v2).

Slon btsan rlung nam (ms. PT 1286 l. 61).

Khri slon btsan (ms. PT 1287 l. 83, 180, 184).

Slon mtshan (ms. PT 1287 l. 173, 185).

Slon btsan (ms. PT 1287 l. 177, 200).

gNam ri slon mtshan (ms. PT 1287 l. 189, 190).

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

sPu rgyal dynasty 


Period of activity 

VIth century ?

VIIth century

Biographical data

[gNam ri] slon mtshan was sTag bu snya gzigs's son and heir (ms. PT 1286 l. 61).

Slon mtshan's mother was 'Ol god za (lady) sTong tsun 'bro ga (ms. PT 1286 l. 61).

Slon mtshan's younger brother (gcung) was Slon kol (ms. PT 1287 l. 179).

After sTag bu snya gzig's death, Slon mtshan and Slon kol received allegiance from Myang Tse[ng] ku, dBa's dByi tshab, dBa's Myes snang, dBa's Pu tshab, mNon 'Dron po and Tshes pong Nag seng (ms. PT 1287 l. 173-174). 

Slon mtshan drove his armies against dGu gri zing po rje while Slon kol, remained with [the queen] mother sTong tsun (ms. PT 1287 l. 179-183).

Slon mtshan and Slon kol were both celebrated (?) after the defeat of dGu gri zing po rje. (ms. PT 1287 l. 185-189).

Slon mtshan was renamed gNam ri slon mtshan and his new allies/vassals were rewarded for the victory over dGu gri zing po rje (ms PT 1287 l. 190-196).

During gNam ri slon mtshan's reign, the ministers Khyung po sPung sad zu tse and/or Mong Khri do re snang tshab killed the lord Mar mun and conquered rTsang bod (ms. PT 1287 l. 74-75 and 198-199), Seng go myi chen conquered Dags po (ms. PT 1287 l. 203-218).

gNam ri slon mtshan's consort was Tshes pong za 'Bring ma thog dgos (ms. PT 1286 l. 61-62).

gNam ri slon mtshan's elder son and heir was "Srong lde btsan" [alias Srong btsan sgam po] (ms. PT 1286 l. 61-62).

Sad mar kar may have been gNam ri slon mtshan's daughter (she may have been Srong brtsan sgam po's sister, ms. PT 1287 l. 406-407).

gNam ri slon mtshan's younger son was bTsan srong (he was Srong btsan's younger brother "gcung", ms. PT 1288 l. 8-9).

gNam ri slon mtshan was poisoned and died, possibly after Srong brtsan sgam po's enthronment, in a time of general uprising (ms. PT 1287 l. 299-301).

Titles

btsan po (ms. PT 1287 l. 188)

btsan po spu rgyal (ms. PT 1287 l. 190)

yab (ms. PT 1287 l. 319, ITJ 1375 l. v2)

btsan po'i yab (ms. PT 1287 l. 319)

btsan po yab (ms. PT 1287 l. 83)

Notes

According to dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba (mKhas pa'i dga' ston 2003ed., p. 171-172), during the reign of gNam ri, sBrang dGa' bo and rMu dPung ri, killed the enraged (smyon pa) wild yak called g.Yag thal ka ru ring and discovered a salt deposit in the north - the meat they attached on their saddle tasted salty after falling to the ground ("sbrang dga' bo dang rmu dpung ri bya ba'i gyad gnyis kyis zhabs tog byas te phung g.yag thal ka ru ring bya ba'i byang 'brong smyon pa gsad nas sha rta sga la btags pa lhung ba la tshva 'gos pa'i bro ba tshor bas lan tshva ngo shes te byang gi tshva len pa'i srol byung skad /").

According to the bKa' chems ka khol ma (1991 ed. p. 100), when the prince (Srong btsan sgam po) was four years old, gNam ri srong btsan died after eating the poisoned meat of a yak killed by Khyung po sPa ta spu te and sPu khyung ring po. gNam ri's horse, rTa cang shes rma bya kyungs, also died from bloating ("rgyal bu lo bzhi lon pa'i dus su yab rgyal pos byang du pho brang mdzad nas / rta cang shes rma bya kyungs bya ba de chibs nas khyung po spa ta spu te dang / spu khyung ring po dang 'grogs te byang 'dam pa rgyab tu byon nas khyung po spa ta spu te dang spu khyung ring pos g.yag bsad nas rgyal pos g.yag sha gsol bas sha dug gis grongs / rta yang sbos nas shi /").