Nya khyi

00062

Other names / Alternative spellings

rKong dkar po (ms. PT 1285 l. 51, rKong po inscr. l. 2)

rKong kar po (rKong po inscr. l. 14, 18, lHo brag inscr. l. 6)

rKong 'de dkar po (ms. ITJ 0734 l. 8r344)

rKong de dkar po (ms. PT 1285 l. r19)

rKong rje dkar po (ms. PT 1285 l. r93-r94)

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

rgyal pran

gcung, younger branch of the sPu rgyal dynasty ?

gcen, elder branch of the sPu rgyal dynasty ?

Period of activity

Mythical time

Reign of Dri gum btsan po

Reign of sPu lde gung rgyal

Biographical data

Nya khyi was the eldest son of Dri gum btsan po and the elder brother of Sha kyi (rKong po inscr. l. 05).

Nya khyi was the youngest son of Dri gum btsan po and the younger brother of Sha kyi (ms. PT 1287 l. 50).

Nya khyi and Sha khyi were exiled in rKong yul after Dri gum's death (ms. PT 1287 l. 21)

While in "rKong yul sbre nar", Nya khyi and Sha khyi met Ngar la skyes (ms. PT 1287 l. 40)

Nya khyi performed funerary rites for Dri gum (ms. PT 1287 l. 49-50)

Nya khyi stayed in rKong yul (rKong po inscr. l. 05).

Nya khyi was rKong dkar po (ms. PT 1287 l. 50-51).

At Bre snar, in the land of rKong, the lord of rKong was dKar po, he had two ministers : mKhar pa and Pha drug (ms. PT 1286 l. 17) or mKhar pa and 'Phan gtug (ms. PT 1060 l. 88-89).

In the land of rKong yul bre snar, stayed the lord rKong 'de dkar po (ITJ 0734, l. 8r.345).

[In rKong po] the sku la De mo* procreated (with Kar po ? inscr. rKong po l. 6)

Titles

rje

Notes

*see Hill 2013b. The author comes to the conclusion that, in the rKong po inscription, Kar po must be distinguished from Nya khyi and that the "sku bla" does not refer to De mo.