lDe gshen rmun bu

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

lDe'u shen rmun bu (ms. PT 1134 l. 49)


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

gshen

lDe'u ?


Period of activity

Mythical times 

Reign of 'O lde spu rgyal


Biographical data

lDe'u  shen rmun bu, Dur shen rma da na and Glan shen dril bu have divine origins in the sky. They were sons of lha deities and sons, grandsons or nephews (bu tsa) of srin demons (ms. PT 1134).

lDe gshen rmun bu cured the lord of Ga gar ltangs at the castle of Bar po Zo brang in Yar lung sogs dkar (ms. PT 1285)

lDe gshen rmun bu was linked to 'O lde spu rgyal in Yar lung sogs dkar (ms. PT 1285) or Yar khyim sogs kar (ms. ITJ 0734).

Yar srin pa sna ring po threatened 'O lde spu rgyal, and lDe gshen rmun bu was invited [to perform the ransom rites], Yar lha sham po was invoked... (ms. ITJ 734 l. 8r321-324). 

lDe'u shen rmun bu performed a funerary ritual with the gshen priests Dur shen rma rda na and Glan shen dril bu (ms. PT 1134)

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Notes

Ms. ITJ 734 transl. in Thomas 1957 p. 77-95, see also Samten G. Karmay's article "Concepts of Territorial Organisation and their Transformation into Buddhist Sacred Sites" p. 38-39 (in Karmay 2005). 
 
Another (?) gshen priest with a similar name : rNgegs shen rmun bu (ms. ITJ 0734 l. 330)

The name "rMun bu" has been interpreted as "darkness-son" by F. W. Thomas (Thomas 1957, p. 94). It may also be linked to the medicinal nad ma rmun bu plant that grows near rivers and seems to be used for treating wounds (see Tibetan Medicinal Plants / C. Kletter and M. Kriechbaum. - Stuttgart : Medpharm, 2001, p. 182 and Dictionary of Tibetan Materia Medica / Pasang Yonten Arya. - Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass, 1998, p. 119).