sPug Ye shes dbyangs

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

sPug Ye shes dbyangs (ms. PT 996 l. 3v6, 5r3) 

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

sPug family

dge slong (=ban de? monk)

Period of activity 

VIIIth century 

IXth century 

Reign of Khri lDe gtsug brtsan ? 

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  

sPug Ye shes dbyangs took monastic vows in the the time of the rgyal po myes [Khri lDe gtsug brtsan or Khri Srong lde brtsan ?] (ms. PT 996 l. 3v6).  

sPug Ye shes dbyangs was the author of the mDo sde brgyad bcu'i khungs (ms. PT 996 l. 4r2-5r3, text identified to the Dunhuang ms. PT 818 and the rNal 'byor chen po bsgom pa'i don, see Imaeda 1975 p. 136-138, Tauscher 2007 p. 83-84 among others). 

sPug Ye shes dbyangs died at the age of 80, in Horse year (826, 838, 850, 862 ?), in Tshig tsa (?) Nam kha'i snying po's hermitage at Khri ga mong yog mda' (ms. PT 996 l. 5r3-5r4). 

Titles 

dge slong (ms. PT 996 l. 3v6) 

Notes 

For a full translation of ms. PT 996 see Lalou 1939

An identification of sPug Ye shes dbyangs to the "Gor Ye shes dbyangs" of the lDan ma brag inscriptions (inscr. lDan ma brag 2 l. 9, lDan ma brag 3 l. 1) and the "dge slong lo chen Ye shes dbyangs" named on a tablet held at the 'Bis rnam snang temple of 'Bis khog (inscr. 'Bis khog 2 l. 3-4) has been suggested (see among others Richardson 1997 p. 366-369, Horlemann 2012 p. 116...).