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)

Thursday 28 February 2019

slob dpon ban de lHa dbyangs

00369
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

ban de (monk)


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 


Reign of Mu ne brtsan



Biographical data 

The slob dpon ban de lHa dbyangs, the ban de dPal gnas, the Sha cu rtse rje blon lHo bzang, Shud pu blon rGyal sgra legs the rtsis pa lCi sa Klu brtan were ring lugs at the same time [in the area extending] from Sha cu to Sug cu (ms. PT 1079 l. 5-7). 


Titles 

slob dpon ban de (ms. PT 1079 l. 6) 

ring lugs (ms. PT 1079 l. 5)


Notes 

For a translation of ms. PT 1079 see Richardson 1991, concerning its dating, see Scherrer Schaub 2007 p. 273.

Monday 25 February 2019

Meg la g.Yu bzang

00708 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

Meg la (=Meg le?) 


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 

Xth century? 


Biographical data 


Titles 


Notes

See also khu gu g.Yu bzang in ms. PT 1452?

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1452, 1770 

Mention of "Meg la g.Yu bzang in the top margin of ms. PT 1770
 
Source: Gallica


Wednesday 20 February 2019

zhang rGyal bzher stag tshab

00741 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

zhang


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 


Reign of Mu ne brtsan



Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan


Biographical data 

Zhang rGyal bzher stag tshab was a reviser and, possibly, a contemporary of a copyist named Legs zla brtan (ms. PT 1573 verso, PT 1495 verso


Titles 

zhang (ms. PT 1573 verso) 

nang rje po zhang (ms. PT 1495) 


Notes

Presumably the same as the zhang rGyal bzher, reviser mentioned in ms. PT 1622 verso and PT 1855 verso ? 

Not to be confused with mChims zhang rGyal bzher khod ne brtsan

See also the copyist sTag tshab mentioned in ms. PT 1335? 

A nang blon zhang sTag tshab is mentioned in the edict attributed to Khri Srong lde btsan by dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba (see dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba 2003ed. p. 372, also in Dotson 2009 appendix V p. 155). 

See also Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1495, 1573, 1622, 1855.


Tuesday 19 February 2019

'Dral sTag sum rje klu dpal

00774 
Other names / Alternative spellings 

'Dras sTag rje klu dpa' (ms. PT 2120)* 

'Dral sTag sum rje klu dpal (ms. PT 1163 l. 7)* 

Klu dpal? (ms. PT 1163 l. 8) 


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

'Dral (family?)


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 


Reign of Mu ne brtsan



Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan


Biographical data 

'Dral sTag sum rje klu dpal seems to have been a contemporary of: 

blon mDo sgra (ms. PT 1163 l. 2) 

- blon dPal sum rje (ms. PT 1163 l. 8) 


Titles 

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 1153 recto, PT 2120) 


Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1163, 2120

*Even though the handwritings are quite legible and the signs a'/sa/la cannot be misread in these ms., both names seem suspiciously similar and are therefore (provisionally?) treated together.


'Dral gNya tse

00438 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

'Dral (family?)


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 


Reign of Mu ne brtsan



Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan


Biographical data 

'Dral gNya tse belonged to the 'Grang brtsan gyi sde and had lands [in the Hexi corridor (near Dunhuang?)] (ms. BD 9642 l. 46-48). 


Titles 


Notes 

On ms. BD 9642 see Iwao 2016


Thursday 14 February 2019

rMa Tor legs

01004 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

rMa 


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 


Reign of Mu ne brtsan



Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan


Biographical data 

rMa Tor legs sent a message (?) in the winter of a Hog year (ms. PT 1159


Titles 


Notes 

fragment of the message sent by rMa Tor legs in ms. PT 1159
(source: Gallica)

zhang Khri dog rje

00364 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

zhang

sNa nam? (very uncertain but not impossible in the context*)


Period of activity*

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 


Reign of Mu ne brtsan



Biographical data 

The zhang Khri dog rje was a contemporary of the bde blon zhang bTsan bzang, and blon g.Yu sgra, they gathered an assembly in a Sheep year (ms. PT 1079 l. 3-4). 

bDe blon zhang Khri dog rje and others gathered an assembly in a Bird year, he was a contemporary of the ban 'de Bam Cab thong and Rin chen dpal (ms. PT 2128 l. 1-2). 

Zhang Khri dog rje was a contemporary of zhang bTsan bzang, Khri brtsan and zhang rGyal tsan (ms. PT 1089 l. r72). 


Titles 

zhang (ms. PT 1079 l. 3-4, PT 1089 l. r72) 

bde blon zhang (ms. PT 2128 l. 1) 


Notes 

See also mention of a blon Khri dog rje in ms. PT 1337 (not digitised)? 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1079, 1089, 1337, 2128. 

Ms. PT 1079 transl. in Richardson 1991. 

Ms. PT 1089 transl. in Scherrer-Schaub 2007, also Lalou 1956. 

*Zhang Khri dog rje appears to have been in activity around the late VIIIth-early IXth centuries (ms. PT 1079 cannot be earlier than 794 according to Scherrer-Schaub 2007 p. 273) and is thus probably to distinguished from the anti-buddhist minister zhang sNa nam Khri thog rje 'thang la 'bar of the dBa' bzhed, whose death is mentioned in the early part of Khri Srong lde btsan's reign (dBa' bzhed 2010 ed. p. 9, transl. in Wangdu, Diemberger, Sørensen 2000 p. 35-37, see also sBa bzhed 2010ed. p. 69, rBa bzhed 2010ed. p. 265), just before that of blon sKyes bzang rgyal kong (d. 757). 

"de nas ring po ma lon par zhang sna nam khri thog rje thang la 'bar ni thang lha'i rtsar bskyal t kva kva zhes yun ring du bod de gum/" (dBa' bzhed 2010 ed. p. 9). 

"zhang khri thog rje thang la 'bar ni thang la rgyal thang la brgyal brgyal a a a zhes lan gsum 'bod 'bod nas rgyab gas nas shi" (sBa bzhed 2010 ed. p. 69). 

"zhang khri thog rje thang la 'bar thang lha'i drung du brgyal nas a a zhes 'bod cing gum" (rBa bzhed 2010ed. p. 265).


Wednesday 6 February 2019

chen po zhang g.Yu sgra

00363 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

zhang 

'Bro family?* 

sNa nam family?* 

Tshes pong family?* 


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 


Reign of Mu ne brtsan



Biographical data 

The blon g.Yu sgra was a contemporary of the bde blon zhang bTsan bzang, and zhang Khri dog rje, they gathered an assembly in a Sheep year (ms. PT 1079 l. 3-4). 

The blon g.Yu [sgra] was a contemporary of zhang bTsan bzang, blon rGyal sgra and spyan blon Byang bzher, they gathered an assembly in Dog year (ms. PT 1089 l. r7, r77

The chen po zhang g.Yu sgra was a contemporary of brTan bzang (ms. PT 1344 l. 5v1).** 


Titles 

blon (ms. PT 1079 l. 3, PT 1089 l. r. 7, r77) 

chen po zhang (ms. PT 1344 l. 5v1) 


Notes 

Another (?) g.Yu sgra is mentioned in ms. Or. 15000/364 l. r3 found in Mîrân (see Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. n° 466 "...[g.]yu sgra'i thugs kyi 'phrin la cher mdzad...") 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1089, 1344 

Ms. PT 1079 transl. in Richardson 1991

Ms. PT 1089 transl. in Scherrer-Schaub 2007, see also Lalou 1956

*Family names proposed on the basis of the title "chen po zhang" and the context of the late VIIIth and early IXth centuries.

**The identification of the blon g.Yu sgra to the chen po zhang g.Yu sgra is uncertain.