Yar lha sham po

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

Yar lha sham po (ms. PT 1046b l. 35, PT 1286 l. 41, ITJ 734 l. 8r324) 

Yar la sham po (m. PT 1285 l. r 175) 

Yar lha sham pho (ms. ITJ 740 l. 163, 202) 

Yar lha (from "yar lha ni sham po", in ms. PT 1287 l. 468, 471) 

Sham po (from "yar lha ni sham po", in ms. PT 1287 l. 468, 471) 

lHa g.yag sham po? (ms. PT 126 l. 146) 

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

lha deity 

Period of activity 

Myth 

Biographical data 

Yar lha sham po, mentioned in the song of victory over mGar attributed to Khri 'Dus srong (ms. PT 1287 l. 468 - probably refers to the mountain of the same name - and ms. PT 1287 l. 471) 

Yar la sham po, in Yar lung scogs gar, associated to the yul rje 'O de spu rgyal and to lDe gshen rmun bu (ms. PT 1285 l. r175-176 - possibly refers to the mountain - and ms. ITJ 734 l. 8r323-324). 

Yar srin pa sna ring po threatened 'O lde spu rgyal, and lDe gshen rmun bu was invited [to perform the ransom rites], Yar lha sham po was invoked... (ms. ITJ 734 l. 8r321-324) 

Titles 

gtsug gi lha (ms. PT 1286 l. 41)

lha (ms. ITJ 734 l. 8r323) 

Notes 

Ms. ITJ 734 transl. in Thomas 1957 p. 77-95, see also Samten G. Karmay's article "Concepts of Territorial Organisation and their Transformation into Buddhist Sacred Sites" p. 38-39 (in Karmay 2005).

Yar lha sham po, son of 'O de gung rgyal and Khu bza' Khu ma in mKhas pa lde'u 129na-129ba (2010ed. p. 217-218). 

Manifests as a white yak and is tamed by Padmasambhava in Chos 'byung me tog snying po sbrang rtsi'i bcud (Nyang Nyi ma 'od zer 2010ed. p.260), lHa 'dre bka' thang ch. 15 (bKa' thang sde lnga 2011 ed . p. 28-29) and Padma bka' thang ch. 60 (1996 ed. p. 363)

Yar lha sham po progenitor of the first blon po [Khu] lHa'i smon gzug also known as Ru la skyes, (see Blon po bka' thang ch. 3 in bKa' thang sde lnga 2011 ed. p. 338-339, also in the XVIth c. Deb ther dmar po gsar ma 1989ed. p. 15).