Mu tsa med

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

lha' Mu tsa med (ms. PT 1043 l. 21) 

lha Mu tsa med (ms. ITJ 740 l. 119) 

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

lha deity 

Period of activity 

Myth 

Biographical data 

Titles 

lha (ms. ITJ 740 l. 119) 

lha' (ms. PT 1043 l. 21) 

Notes 

Described as a deity of Zhang zhung in later documentation (see among others lHa 'dre bka' thang ch. 13 in bKa' thang sde lnga 2011 ed. p 25).

See also Mu tsa len or Mu tsa men, a female deity (lha mo) of Zhang zhung mentioned in sBa bzhed (see sBa bzhed 2010 ed. p. 73 and rBa bzhed phyogs bsgrigs p. 92).

Mu tsa med, also the name of Gri gum btsan po's sword ? ("de dus lo ngam na rtsal 'gran thub / 'di bzhin gyis zer ba'i / srid rgyal gyi lung bstan byung bas / rje rgyal lags / cis kyang rtsed 'jo'i tshul du 'khrug na / bsrung byar dpral bar me long dang / snga sha phyi sha la sprel dang byi la'i gsob thogs / ral gri mu tsa med klad la bskor / ba 'khro ba brgyal sngon du ded / glang mthug brgya la thal ba khol steng la nyang ro'i tshal du byon zhus pa'o /" see g.Yung drung bon gyi sgra bsgrags rin po che'i gling grags bzhugs so p. 164-165 in Bon gyi lo rgyus yig cha phyogs sgrig, Lhasa: Bod ljongs bod yig dpe rnying dpe skrun khang, 2010).