Social groups

'A zha (2) 'Ba' (1) 'Bal (6) 'Ber (3) 'Bre (2) 'Bring yas (9) 'Bro (33) 'Brom (6) 'Bu na (1) 'Da'r (1) 'Dan ma (1) 'Dral (2) 'Go (1) 'Go 'bom (5) 'Gong bom (3) 'Greng ro (6) 'Jang (4) 'O ma lde (4) 'Ol (2) 'Ol god (1) 'Phan (2) An (10) Bal po (4) Bam (10) ban de (15) bKrags (2) blon (115) blon chen (37) bon po (1) Brag (2) Bran ka (3) btsan mo (6) btsun mo (17) Byin (1) Ce (1) Cog ro (34) Da rgyal (4) Dags (6) dBa's (25) dBrad (2) De'u (1) dGro (2) dGro snya (4) dre (1) Dru gu (4) gcen (3) gcung (4) Gle'u (1) gNang (3) gNo' (3) gNubs (12) gnyan (1) gNyi ba (5) gNyos (2) Gro (4) gshen (3) gTom (1) Gu rib (4) gZhams (3) je ba (2) Je'u (2) Jeng (2) Kam (3) Khang (5) Khe rgad (1) Khu (8) Khyung po (6) klu (1) Kvag (1) Lang gro (6) lCi sa (2) lCog la (1) lDe sman (4) lDe'u (2) lha (14) lHa lung (1) lHo (4) Lig (2) Mar (1) Mar kong (1) mChims (18) Meg le (4) mGar (13) mGos (2) mkhan po (13) mKhar pa (1) mNon (5) mNyan (3) Mon (1) Mong (3) mThon myi (2) Myang (17) Myva (4) Nem (1) Ngan lam (4) Ning (1) Pa gor (2) Pa tsab (5) pho nya (13) Pho yong (1) Phung (1) phyva (1) Reb kong (4) rGya gar (11) rGya nag (12) rgyal pran (23) rHya (2) Rlang (20) rMa (2) rMe'u (2) rNgegs (8) Rong spo (4) rTsig (1) Ru yong (2) Rye shin (1) Sag (1) sBrang (3) Seng go (6) She'u (2) Shud ke (1) Shud pu (4) sKa ba (2) sKya tsa (7) sKyi (3) sman (1) sNa nam (13) sNya shur (5) sPu rgyal btsan po (43) sPug (4) srin (14) Sro (1) stag (4) sTang (3) Sum pa (2) Tre (2) Tshar long (7) Tshes pong (14) Wang (1) Yo gang (5) Zha snga (3) zhang (38) zhu chen (6)

Wednesday 30 January 2019

zhang Gling bzher

00730 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

zhang 


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 


After the reign of 'U'i dum brtan


Biographical data 

Zhang Gling bzher was a contemporary of a dPal gyi seng ge* (ms. PT 1153). 


Titles 

zhang (ms. PT 1153). 


Notes 

See Lalou 193-1969 doc. n° 1153 

"/ zhang gling bzher la / / dpal gyi seng ge'i" in ms. PT 1153
(source: gallica.bnf.fr)

*Chog ro dPal gyi seng ge, Rlang dPal gyi seng ge or yet another dPal gyi seng ge ?


Tuesday 29 January 2019

zhang rMa gzig

00742 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

zhang? (according to Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 2140)


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 


Reign of Mu ne brtsan



Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan


Biographical data 

Zhang rMa gzig is mentioned in a fragment of letter (ms. PT 2140 l. 3), his name seems incomplete. 


Titles 

zhang? (ms. PT 2140 l. 3) 


Notes 

See Lalou 1639-1961 doc. n° 2140

Mention of zhang rMa gzig (?) in ms. PT 2140 
 
(source: gallica.bnf.fr)

Monday 28 January 2019

Zha nga zhang blon Khri bzher

00772 
Other names / Alternative spellings 

Zha nga zhang blon Khri bzher (ms. Or.15000/150 l. r1, read as "zhang zhang blon Khri bzher" in Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. n° 212) 

Zhang zhang blon Khri bzher (ms. Or.15000/150 l. v1) 


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

Zha nga (=Zha sgna?) 


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 


Reign of Mu ne brtsan



Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan


Biographical data 

Zha nga zhang blon Khri bzher (ms. Or.15000/150 l. r1) was a contemporary of : 

- nang rje po lHa bzang (ms. Or.15000/150 l. r1, r7, v2 ) 

- bran rkya Gu rib Tran slebs (ms. Or. 15000/150 l. r10) 

- Du dun skyes (ms. Or. 15000/150 l. v.2) 


Titles

zhang blon (ms. Or.15000/150 l. 1) 


Notes

See Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. n° 212.

See also mentions of (another?) jo co Khri bzher in ms. Or. 15000/113 l. r1 and ms. Or.15000/201 l. r1 (see respectively Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. n° 113 and 265).


zhang Khri bzher lha mthong

00462 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

zhang 

'Bro family?* 

mChims family?* 

Tshes pong family?* 


Period of activity 

IXth century 



Biographical data 

Zhang Khri bzher lha mthong was chab srid kyi blon po chen po at the time of the Sino-Tibetan peace treaty [821-822] (inscr. peace treaty l. n20-21). 


Titles 

zhang (inscr. peace treaty l. n20) 

chab srid kyi blon po chen po (inscr. peace treaty l. n20) 


Notes 

See also mentions of (another?) jo co Khri bzher in ms. Or. 15000/113 l. r1 and ms. Or.15000/201 l. r1 (see respectively Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. n° 113 and 265).

*Based on the context of the Khri gTsug lde brtsan's reign and other zhang mentioned in the tibeto-chinese peace treaty inscription


Tuesday 8 January 2019

sKyi srin Tsa lung zha

01000 
Other names / Alternative spellings 

sKyi srin Tsa lung zha (ms. ITJ 734 l. 8r316, 8r321) 

sKyi srin Tsha lung X (ms. ITJ 734 l. 8r319) 


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

sKyi 

srin (demon)


Period of activity 

Myth 


Biographical data 

Tsha lung zha, srin [demon] of the country sKyi ro ljang sngon (ms. ITJ 734 l. 8r316). 

A ransom is given to sKyi srin Tsa lung zha (ms. ITJ 734 l. 8r316). 


Titles 

srin (ms. ITJ 734 l. 8r316, 8r319, 8r321) 


Notes 

See transl. of ITJ 734 in Thomas 1957, Chapter IV, p.77-95

Not to be confused with the gshen Tsha lung sgra / gshen Tsha lung skra (ms. PT 1068 l. 54, 88, 91) 

Monday 7 January 2019

mNon gshen Khong rma

00603 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

mNon 

gshen


Period of activity 



Biographical data 

The mDzo mo'i rabs is attributed to mNon gshen Khong rma (ms. PT 1289 l. r1*) 


Titles 


Notes

*On ms. PT 1289, see Stein 1971 p. 516-521.


srin rje Nag pa dgu lcogs

00770 
Other names / Alternative spellings 

Nag pa dgu lcogs (ms. ITJ 731 l. v34, v49) 

Nag pa dgu lcags (ms. ITJ 731 l. v75) 

Nag pa dgu lcog (ms. ITJ 731 l. v58-59) 

dGu lchogs (ms. PT 1060 l. 59) 


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

srin (demon) 


Period of activity 

Myth 


Biographical data 

Srin rje Nag pa dgu lcogs hails from Srin yul nag pa dgu sul (ms. ITJ 731 l. v34, v49, v75 ) 

Srin rje Nag pa dgu lcogs rides a srin mule ("srin rta dre'u" ms. ITJ 731 l. v35, "srin dre'u" ms. ITJ 731 l. v49). 


Titles 

srin rje (ms. ITJ 731 l. v49, PT 1060 l. 59) 

srin (ms. ITJ 731 l. v58-59, v75, PT 1289 l. v2-9) 

sren rje (ms. ITJ 731 l. v34) 


Notes 

Possibly same as the srin Zha mo dgu lcogs mo who killed lord Dang dang (? ms. PT 1289 l. v2-9, see Stein 1971 p. 519).


Friday 4 January 2019

ban de Chos kyi go cha

00907 
Other names / Alternative spellings 

ban de Chos gyi go cha (ms. PT 1583

Chos kyi go cha (ms. PT 1653) 

Chos kyi go ca (ms. PT 1629


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

ban de (monk) 


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 


Reign of Mu ne brtsan



Biographical data 

ban de Chos kyi go cha was a reviser (ms. PT 1583, PT 1629) and a contemporary of: 

- Im deng, reviser (ms. PT 1583) 

- Gu rib Bye'u dan, copyist (ms. PT 1583) 

- Be ro tsa na, reviser (? ms. PT 1583, verso

- Phan la skyes, reviser (ms. PT 1629) 

- Cog ro mJal kong, copyist (ms. PT 1629) 

- Shang ben, reviser (ms. PT 1629) 

- blon dGe legs (ms. PT 1629) 

- Jin lHa bzang, copyist 

- Wang sTag brtan, reviser (= 'Vang sTag brtan, ms. PT 1629) 

- Tshar long sPa 'gos, reviser (ms. PT 1629) 

- Wang dGe brtan, copyist (ms. PT 1629) 

- ban de dPal gyi yon than (to whom a letter is addressed, ms. PT 1653


Titles 

ban de (ms. PT 1583


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1583, 1629