Byin Ye shes brtsegs

00347 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

Byin Ye shes brtsegs (ms. PT 44 l. 20.4) 

Ye shes brtsegs (ms. PT 44 l. 21.1) 


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

byin? 


Period of activity 

VIIIth century 

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan 


Biographical data 

Byin Ye shes brtsegs was a disciple of Pad ma sam ba ba, he practised in lHo brag gnyan gong with gNyan rNyi ba bTsan ba dpal and lDe sman rGyal mtshan (ms. PT 44 l. 20.4-22.5 ). 


Titles 


Notes 

See transl. of ms. PT 44 in Cantwell, Mayer 2008 p. 57-67. 

See also Yar Ye shes brtsegs and La byi Ye shes brtsegs in Lo pan bka' thang XXXIII (bKa' thang sde lnga 1997 ed. p. 402-406)?

lHo Don dam

01005

Other names / Alternative spellings 

 
 

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

lHo

 

Period of activity 

IXth century 

Reign of Khri lDe srong brtsan

 

Biographical data 

lHo Don dam was a contemporary of Bran ka Yon tan and 'Bro Phri gzu' dam shags (sic. see inscr. lDan ma brag II l. 7).

 

Titles 

Notes 

On the lDan ma brag inscr., see Heller 1994 and Imaeda 2012...

Curiously, lHo Don dam is listed as one of the rtsal po che mi bdun of the time of Khri 'Dus srong according to the XVth c. rGya bod yig tsang (in dPal 'byor bzang po 2007ed.p. 107-108, "lho don dam yang dag 'phags kyis / seng ldeng gi gdung chen po bcu gsum gyi steng du / gong dza la lcags dos gcig rgyab nas khur byung skad"). Other similar lists do not include lHo Don dam (see Lists of Characters from later Histories and gTer ma).

sNya shur sTag bzang

00418 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

 

 

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

 

sNya shur 

 

 

Period of activity 

 

VIIIth century? 

 

IXth century? 

 

 

Biographical data 

 

At sTag rtse khri skugs 'jor, three Tibetans : Myang Tshes kong from Grom pa'i sde, Lo nan myes chung from Myang ro'i sde, sNya shur sTag bzang from rTsal mo pag gi sde (ms. Or15000/183 l. v1-3)...

 

 

Titles 

 

 

Notes 

 

See Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. 247, also Takeuchi 2004 p. 54.

Myang Tshes kong

01071 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

Myang Tshes kong (ms. Or. 15000/183 l. v2, my reading) 

Mya Tshes kong (ms. Or. 15000/183 l. v2, according to Takeuchi 1997-1998 and Takeuchi 2004*) 


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

Myang 


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 


Biographical data 

At sTag rtse khri skugs 'jor, three Tibetans: Myang Tshes kong from Grom pa'i sde, Lo nan myes chung from Myang ro'i sde, sNya shur sTag bzang from rTsal mo pag gi sde (ms. Or. 15000/183 l. v1-3)... 


Titles 


Notes 

*See Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. 247, also Takeuchi 2004 p. 54

zhang rGyal tsan

00466 

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

zhang 

mChims?* 

 'Bro?* 


Period of activity 

Reign of Khri 'Dus srong mang po rje? 

Regency of 'Bro za Khri ma lod khri steng 

VIIth century? 

VIIIth century? 


Biographical data 

The zhang rGyal tsan (ms. ITJ 1368 l. 15) was a contemporary of Khri bangs** (ms. ITJ 1368 l. 12, 24) in Monkey year [708?].


Titles 

zhang (ms. ITJ 1368 l. 15)


Notes 

Transl. of ms. ITJ 1368 in Thomas 1951 p. 11 

*Possibly mChims or 'Bro, according to the context of the early VIIIth c.. Note that a 'Bro rGyal mtshan seng ge is mentioned by dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba in a list that may, however, refer to the early reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan (but is placed by the author in the time of Srong btsan sgam po). The same character's name is given as 'Bro rGyal seng ge in other sources (as a ru lag dmag dpon in Blon po bka' thang IV, a ru pa'i dpon po in mKhas pa lde'u 2010 ed p. 246-248).

**Sent as a bride to the 'A zha king in 689, received the Chinese princess Jincheng on her way to Tibet in 710.
 

blon mTsho bzher

01027 

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

Pa tsab? (very uncertain, kept for indexation)* 


Period of activity 

VIIIth century?

IXth century?

Reign of Mu ne brtsan? 

Reign of Khri lDe srong brtsan? 


Biographical data 

The blon mTsho bzher was a contemporary of :

- to tog sTag skyes (ms. PT 1077 l. 29) in Hare year [799? 811?]**

- blon rMa sgra (ms. PT 1077 l. 36, 107) in Hare year [799? 811?]**

- blon rMa bzher (ms. PT 1077 l. 108-109) in Hare year [799? 811?]**

- blon lHa bzher (ms. Or. 1500/496 l. 1, see Rlang lHa bzher?)

The nang rje p(h)o blon mTsho bzher was a contemporary of : 

- lDong kong (ms. PT 1147, Cog ro lDong kong?)

- blon bTsan bzher? (ms. PT 1205, verso - not digitized?, see Lalou doc. 1205, see Cog ro blon bTsan bzher lho gong?) 

- sTag stag[...] (ms. PT 113 l. ) in a Dragon year [800? 812? see**]



Titles 

blon (ms. PT 1077 l. 34, 71, 90-91 , 100-105, PT 1166,  Or. 1500/496 l. 1)

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 1126 , PT 1205, PT 1244) 

nang rje pho blon (ms. PT 113 , PT 1147) 


Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 113 

See ms. Or. 15000/496 in Takeuchi 613r.1 

*A Pa tshab mTsho bzher / sPa tshab mTsho bzher rtsang lod / Ba tshab mTsho bzher tsad lod is mentioned in later chronicles as a ru sgab or dpa' zla of g.Yas ru stod (Blon po bka'i thang IV, in bKa' thang sde lnga 1997 ed. p. 437-440, mKhas pa lde'u 146ba-147ba, 2010 ed. p. 246-248, dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba 2003 ed. vol. 1 p. 188-189). However, "Pa tshab mTsho bzher" may have been in activity in the early part of Khri Srong lde btsan's reign (see Lists of Characters from later Histories and gTer ma) possibly half a century before the blon mTsho bzher of Old Tibetan documents (see**). 

** Ms. PT 1077 Hare year 799 or 811 according to Liu 2019 p. 108.

blon mTsho bzher in ms. PT 1166

(source: Gallica)

nang rje po blon mTsho bzher in ms. PT 1126

  

(source: Gallica)
  

nang rje pho blon mTsho bzher in ms. PT 1147

  

(source: Gallica)
 

nang rje po blon mTsho bzher in ms. PT 1244

 

(source: Gallica)