jo mo rGyal mo brtsan

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

rGyal mo brtsan (inscr. bSam yas bell l. 1) 

Byang chub (inscr. Khra 'brug bell l. 10) 

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

'Bro 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 

Biographical data 

In the time of Khri Srong lde brtsan, jo mo rGyal mo brtsan was the mother (yum) of a son (sras) and offered a [first] bell (inscr. bSam yas bell). 

In the time of Khri lDe srong brtsan, she was known under the religious name of jo mo Byang chub and offered a [second] bell, casted by the Chinese monk Rin chen (inscr. Khra 'brug bell l. 10-12) 

Titles 

jo mo (inscr. bSam yas bell l. 1) 

yon bdag jo mo (inscr. Khra 'brug bell l. 10) 

Notes 

Ne'u Pandita states that 'Bro bza' Byang chub was known as "Khri rgyal btsan mo" before her ordination (Ne'u Pandita 2005 ed. p. 26). 

The ordination of "empress" 'Bro and her efforts to propagate [chinese] buddhism are also mentioned in Chinese documentation (see Demiéville 1952 p. 25-33).

See also Richardson 1985 p. 32-35, 82-83, Uebach 1997 p. 63-64.