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Other names / Alternative spellings Social groups (status, family, lineage...)
lha deity
Period of activity
Myth
Biographical data
Mu rgyung and sTang rgyung, deities of Zhang zhung (ms. PT 1060 l. 70)
Titles
zhang zhung gyi lha (ms. PT 1060 l. 70)
Notes
Related to the lha Myi la rgyung and the lha rGyung tsa mentioned in ms. ITJ 740 ?
Later documentation also mentions another deity of Zhang zhung : zhang zhung dgra lha Mu tsa med (see among others lHa 'dre bka' thang ch. 13 in bKa' thang sde lnga 2011 ed. p 25).
According to mKhas pa lde'u, the gods of Zhang zhung were Ge god, Me dur, Tshangs lha, Pha 'brum, rMa tshes, Pho 'brang, rMa ge god and Yo phyal. They were born from Rong rong rtsol po (himself son of Yab lha brdal drug and rMu btsun gri sman) and rMu bza' mThing khug sman (mKhas lde'u 130 na 2010ed. p. 219).
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