Myang mChog rab gzho nu

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

Myang family

Period of activity 

VIIIth century ? 

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan ? 

Biographical data 

Myang mChog rab gzho nu was a follower of the Indian mkhan po Bo de sva tva (ms. ITJ 689 l. 2v4). 

Myang mChog rab gzho nu was dge ba'i shes gnyen of bSam yas and 'Phrul snang after Jeng gSal rab rin po che (ms. ITJ 689 l. 2v4). 

Myang mChog rab gzho nu was dge ba'i shes gnyen of bSam yas and 'Phrul snang before Myang gSha' myi go cha (ms. ITJ 689 l. 2v4). 

Titles 

dge ba'i shes gnyen (ms. ITJ 689 l. 2v3, 2v5) 

Notes 

On ms. ITJ 689 see Karmay 2007 p. 76-80.

According to Klong chen chos 'byung (XIVth c.), the tradition known as "Myang lugs" has its origins in the teachings transmitted from gNyags Dznyâna ku mâ ra to Nyang mChog rab gzhon nu (see Klong chen rabs 'byams 1991 ed. p. 394, see also The Buddha's Doctrine and the Nine Vehicles: Rog Bande Sherab's Lamp of the Teachings / José Ignacio Cabezón. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013 p. 239).