sKa ba’ dPal rtsags

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

'Bro family ? 

sKa ba family ? 

Period of activity 

VIIIth century 

IXth century ?

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan

Reign of Mu ne brtsan ?

Reign of Khri lDe srong brtsan ?

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan ?

Biographical data 

sKa ba’ dPal rtsags, Cog ro Klu'i rgyal mtshan, rMa Rad na ya kra and others were translators in the time of the btsan po Khri Srong lde brtsan (ms. PT 149 l. r6). 

Titles 

Notes

On ms. PT 149, see Van Schaik Doney 2007 (2009) 

According to Klong chen rab 'byams pa Dri med 'od zer, Ka ba dPal brtsegs came from a place called Ka ba of Phan yul in dBu ru, his father was Ka ba Blo brtan and his mother was 'Bro bza' rDo rje lcam (see Kun mkhyen Klong chen rab 'byams kyi gsung 'bum bzhugs so 3/26 / Klong chen rab 'byams ; dPal brtsegs dpe rnying zhib 'jug khang. - Beijing : Krung go'i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang, 2009. p. 204-205). 

According to Nyang Nyi ma 'od zer, his full name was "'Bro Ka ba dPal brtsegs", thus connecting him to his mother's family (Nyang Nyi ma 'od zer 2010 ed. p. 285, 389). 

According to the bKa' thang sde lnga, "sKa ba dpal brtsegs" knew the language and writing of China (bKa' thang sde lnga 2011 ed. p. 327).

sKa ba’ dPal rtsags, Cog ro Klu'i rgyal mtshan and ban de sNa nam zhang Ye shes sde are often united under appellations such as "ka cog rnam 3" (dBa' bzhed 2010 ed. p. 48) or "ka lcog zhang gsum" (Ne'u pandita 2005 ed. p. 24). 

According to Padma bka' thang, under the reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan, Ka ba dPal brtseg and Cog ro Klu'i rgyal mtshan worked on translations with Pad ma sam ba ba while ban de Ye shes sde worked with mkhan po Bo dhi sa tva (Padma bka' thang ch. 70, 1996 ed. p. 412-413). 

According to the dBa' bzhed, the three translators Ka ba dPal brtseg, Cog ro Klu'i rgyal mtshan and ban de Ye shes sde (ka cog rnam 3) worked on new translations and revised the old ones under the reign of Khri gTsug lde btsan Ral pa can (dBa' bzhed 2010 ed. p. 48 also Wangdu, Diemberger, Sørensen 2000 p. 90, also in Sa skya bSod nams rgyal mtshan's rGyal rabs gsal ba'i me long 2005 ed. p. 227, Sørensen 1998 p. 412).