mNon sNang grags

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

mNon sNang grags (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 151) 

rGyal tshan (ms. PT 1287 l. 488) 

sNang grags (ms. PT 1287 l. 488) 

mNon rGyal tshan snang grags (reconstructed name) 

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

mNon family 

Period of activity 

VIIth century ? 

VIIIth century

Reign of Khri 'Dus srong mang po rje 

Regency of 'Bro za Khri ma lod Khri steng 

Biographical data 

[At the time of the disgrace of the mGar family, c. 700, mNon] rGyal tsan snang grags (rgyal tshan ni snang grags) was mentioned in Khe rgad rGyal to re mdo snang 's song [as a follower of Khri 'Dus srong mang po rje (?)] (ms. PT 1287 l. 488). 

In Snake year [705, after the death of Khri 'Dus srong,] mNon sNang grags, together with [the (?)] lDeg ren pa' and  Khe rgad mDo snang  revolted [against the central authority (and was defeated and killed ?)] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 150-152). 

Titles 

Notes 

According to later Tibetan historians, gNon rGyal tshan snang grags was one of the blon po rtsal po che mi bdun of 'Dus srong mang po rje (see among others lDe'u jo sras 1987 ed. p. 119).