blon sTag sum bzher

00892

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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


Period of activity

IXth century

Reign of Khri gtsug lde brtsan?


Biographical data 

In the winter of a Mouse year (832, 844?)*, blon gTsug brtan, blon Khri sum bzher and blon sTag sum bzher gathered the khrom assembly.


Titles

blon (ms. PT 1094 l. 1)


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1094

See Takeuchi 1995 Text 1

*Takeuchi 1995 p. 20

An Pe'u tig

00854

Other names / Alternative spellings

An Pe'u Tig (ms. PT 1094 l. 3)

Pe'u tig (ms. PT 1094 l. 5, 6, 7, 13) 


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

An

bran (bondservant)


Period of activity

IXth century

Reign of Khri gtsug lde brtsan?


Biographical data

An Pe'u Tig was a bondservant of  lHo blon Klu sgra  (ms. PT 1094 l. 3).

In a Mouse year (832? 844?)* he sold an ox to Li g.Yu legs (ms. PT 1094 l. 2-5).

An Pe'u tig was a contemporary of blon gTsug brtan, blon Khri sum bzher, blon sTag sum bzher (ms. PT 1094 l. 1), blon Zla bza and his servant Khug sDe skyes (m. PT 1094 l. 8-9)...

Titles

bran (ms. PT 1094 l. 3)


Notes

See Takeuchi 1995 Text 1

*See Takeuchi 1995 p. 20

ban de dPal gyi go ca'

00620

Other names / Alternative spellings

dPal go ca (ms. PT 1500)

dPal gyi go ca (ms. PT 1658)

dPal gyi go ca' (ms. PT 1962)

dPal gi go ca (ms. PT 2030)


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

ban de


Period of activity 

IXth century?

Reign of Khri lDe srong brtsan?

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?


Biographical data

dPal gyi go cha was a reviser and a contemporary of :

- rGod chung, copyist (ms. PT 1500 verso)

- 'Phan la skyes, reviser (ms. PT 1500 verso, PT 2030)

- So zhe, reviser (ms. PT 1500 verso)

- mChog rab, reviser (ms. PT 1500 verso)

- dPal gyi ngang tsul, "great reviser" (zhus chen ms. PT 1658)

- ban de dPal ced po (ms. PT 1962 verso, see ban de chen po dPal chen po yon tan?)

- rDo je, reviser (ms. PT 2030)

- Yun stor, copyist (ms. PT 1658)

- rTag Ji ma krum (ms. PT 1658)


Titles

ban de


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1500 1658, 1962, 2030

'Brom lDon thong

01134

Other names / Alternative spellings


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

'Brom


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data

" rus nI 'brom ldon thong / brang baI's nI " (ms. PT 1962)


Titles


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1962

Mention of 'Brom lDon thong in ms. PT 1962?

source: Gallica

rGyal ta khri gong

00318

Other names / Alternative spellings


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan 


Biographical data 

In Monkey year [756]  sKyes bzang rgyal kong and rGyal ta khri gong gathered  the winter assembly at Skyi'i phyi tshal (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 18-20).


Titles 


Notes

See blon Khri gong amongst the oath takers in Chos 'byung mkhas pa'i dga' ston (dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba 2003 ed. vol. 1 p. 372-373)?

blon sTa gu ri tsab

00279

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century

Regency of 'Bro za Khri ma lod khri steng 

Reign of Khri lDe gtsug brtsan 


Biographical data 

In the winter of Dog year [710-711], zhang rGya sto and sTa gu ri tsab gathered the mDo smad assembly at gTse gnam yor (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 175-178).

In Rat year [724], blon sTa gu ri tsab gathered an assembly at Chos gong in Pa non (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 0750 l. 234)


Titles

blon (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 0750 l. 234)


Notes 

An bTsan zigs tshan

00396

Other names / Alternative spellings


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

An


Period of activity

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan?

Reign of Mu ne brtsan? 

Reign of Khri lDe srong brtsan? 

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?

Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan? 


Biographical data

In a Dragon year, An bTsan zigs tshan's horse is requested by the messenger (pho nya) gZhams Khong khri...  (ms. PT 1096 l. r1)


Titles


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1096

Dru gu lHa cung

01130

Other names / Alternative spellings

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

Dru gu (Turk)


Period of activity

IXth century


Biographical data

Dru gu lHa cung and Dru gu A se, servants of gNo sTag rton (ms. PT 2124 l. 2), and contemporaries of gNo Mang legs (a witness, ms. PT 2124 l. 6-7).


Titles


Notes

See Takeuchi 1995 text 29 (p. 238-241, dated c. 828, see p. 12)

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 2124

Dru gu A se

01131

Other names / Alternative spellings


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

Dru gu (Turk)


Period of activity

IXth century
 
Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?


Biographical data

Dru gu A se and Dru gu lHa cung, servants, of gNo sTag rton (ms. PT 2124 l. 2), and contemporaries of gNo Mang legs (a witness, ms. PT 2124 l. 6-7).


Titles


Notes

See Takeuchi 1995 text 29 (p. 238-241, dated c. 828, see p. 12)

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 2124

rMe'u Byin la gsas

01132

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

rMe'u 


Period of activity

IXth century

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?


Biographical data

rMe'u Byin la gsas, a contemporary of Pyugs tshams rHul po, Dar dByi rma and Tse bra lHa gong (ms. Or 15000/31 l. 4-6)


Titles 


Notes 

See Takeuchi 1995 text 48, p. 295-296 (dated c. 829, p. 20)

See Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. 85

gNo Mang legs

 01129

Other names / Alternative spellings


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

gNo


Period of activity

IXth century
 
Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?


Biographical data

gNo Mang legs (a witness, ms. PT 2124 l. 6-7) was a contemporary of gNo sTag rton, Dru gu lHa cung and Dru gu A se (a lord and his servants, ms. PT 2124 l. 2)

Titles


Notes

See Takeuchi 1995 text 29 (p. 238-241, dated c. 828, see p. 12)

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 2124

gNo sTag rton

01127

Other names / Alternative spellings


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

gNo


Period of activity

IXth century
 
Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?


Biographical data

gNo sTag rton was a contemporary of Dru gu lHa cung and Dru gu A se (his servants, ms. PT 2124 l. 2) and gNo Mang legs (a witness, ms. PT 2124 l. 6-7)


Titles


Notes

Not to be confused with 'Bre sTag rton or Ha sTag rton

See Takeuchi 1995 text 29 (p. 238-241, dated c. 828, see p. 12)

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 2124

blon Mang po brtsan

 00883

Other names / Alternative spellings


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


Period of activity 

IXth century? 

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan? *

Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan?


Biographical data

Summer of a Bird year (817?, 829?, 841?), at the assembly of Kva chu khrom, blon Mang po brtsan, blon mDo sgra and others... (ms. PT 1348 l. 12)

blon Mang po brtsan and blon mDo sgra... (ms. PT 1179)


Titles

blon (ms. ms. PT 1348 l. 12, ms. PT 1179)

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 1088A)


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1088, 1179, 1348

*The bod kyi lha btsan po khri gtsugs ldem brtsan is mentioned in ms. PT 1088A

ms. PT 1088A (which contains mention of Khri gTsug ldem btsan)

Source: Gallica

blon mDo sgra

00437 

Other names / Alternative spellings


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


Period of activity 

IXth century? 

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?

Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan?


Biographical data

Written by Zhen brTan kong*, for blon mDo sgra, in Sha cu  (ms. PT 73 l. 16) 

Blon mDo sgra (ms. PT 1163 l. 2), a contemporary of  the nang rje po blon dPal sum rje (ms. PT 1163 l. 8) and  'Dral sTag sum rje klu dpal (ms. PT 1163 l. 7-8).

Summer of a Bird year (817?, 829?, 841?), at the assembly of Kva chu khrom, blon Mang po brtsan, blon mDo sgra and others... (ms. PT 1348 l. 12)

blon Mang po brtsan and blon mDo sgra... (ms. PT 1179)

[blo]n (?) mDo sgra, a contemporary of a blon Legs bzang, and blon rMa[...]  (Or. 15000/266 r 13)


Titles

blon (ms. PT 73 l. 16, PT 1163 l. 2, ms. PT 1348 l. 12, ms. PT 1179)


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 73, 1163, 1179, 1348

See Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. n° 367

*Zhen brTan kong mentioned in Dotson 2013-2014 [2015] p. 45-46

gZig bzher

00972

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan?

Reign of Mu ne brtsan?

Reign of Khri lDe srong brtsan?

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?

Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan? 


Biographical data

[Blo]n (?) gZig bzher was a contemporary of blon bTsan bzher* (ms. PT 1542 )


Titles

blon ? (ms. PT 1542 )


Notes

See also gZig bzher, the reviser in ms PT 1955, a possible contemporary of ban de Ye shes, dPal gyi ngang chu (=dPal gyi ngang tshul?) and the reviser 'Phan legs 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1542, 1955 

*dBa's bTsan bzher mdo lod (in activity during the reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan), Cog ro blon bTsan bzher lho gong (active c. 820) or yet another blon bTsan bzher (see the multiple btsan bzher in the Lists of Characters from later Histories and gTer ma) ? 

blon ? gzig bzhre blon gzig bzher dang blon btsan bzhre in ms. PT 1542

Source: gallica.bnf.fr

blon rGyal sum bzher

01028

Other names / Alternative spellings


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan?

Reign of Mu ne brtsan?

Reign of Khri lDe srong brtsan?

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?

Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan? 

Biographical data

Blon rGyal sum bzher, a contemporary of [...] Khrim bzher (ms. Or. 15000/324 l. 1)


Titles

blon (ms. Or. 15000/324 l. 1)


Notes

See Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. n° 426

sKyang re gnag

00157

Other names / Alternative spellings


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


Period of activity

Protohistory 

Myth


Biographical data

sKyang re gnag was minister (blon po) of Se re khri, lord of 'Brog mo snam gsum (ms. PT 1286 l. 21-22).

sKyang re gnag was the 25th of the 24 ministers (ms. PT 1060 l. 95, PT 1286 l. 22-23).


Titles

blon po (ms. PT 1060 l. 95, PT 1286 l. 22-23)


Notes

gTom Legs bzher

00604

Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

gTom ? 

Period of activity 

VIIIth century ? 

IXth century ? 

Xth century ?

Biographical data 

 gTom Legs bzher was a reviser and a contemporary of:

- sKya tsa Khyi bal, reviser (ms. PT 1642)

- Ser yo Khrom zigs, reviser (ms. PT 1642)

- Mo zom klu bzher, copyist (ms. PT 1642).

Titles 

Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1642

Legs bzher / Leg bzher seems to have been a rather frequent name, see: 

- mentions of (another?) Legs bzher in ms. PT 1604 (contemporary of a sNyan legs) and PT 1763 

- also (most likely another) nang rje po blon Legs bzher (ms. PT 1945), nang rje po zhang Legs bzher (ms. PT 1159, PT 1166, PT 1244, PT 1519 ), nang rje po blon Legs bzher mtsho brtsan (ms. PT 1956)...

- not to be confused with gNang Legs bzher, Tre Legs bzher... 

nang rje po blon Legs bzher mtsho brtsan

00729

Other names / Alternative spellings


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century?*

IXth century?

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan? (very uncertain)* 

Biographical data 

Nang rje po blon Legs bzher mtsho brtsan (ms. PT 1956)...  


Titles 

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 1956) 


Notes 

Possibly identical with nang rje po blon Legs bzher, a contemporary of a blon mDo bzher (ms. PT 1945), and/or nang rje po zhang Legs bzher (ms. PT 1159, PT 1244), a contemporary of a 'Dron kong  (ms. PT 1166,) and a 'Dus sle bang (?) (ms. PT 1519).

See also gNang Legs bzher? 

Not to be confused with Tre Legs bzher (a copyist).

Not to be confused with Rum mTsho brtsan (Or.15000/490 l. 17).

*A gcen mTsho btsan is mentioned in the time of Khri Srong lde btsan in the Chos 'byung mkhas pa'i dga' ston (see dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba 2003 ed. vol. 1 p. 372-373).

Mention of nang rje po blon Legs bzher mtsho brtsan in ms. PT 1956

Source: Gallica

blon Mang bzher legs po

00518

Other names / Alternative spellings


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century?* 

IXth century?

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan?*

 
Reign of Mu ne brtsan?

Reign of Khri lDe srong brtsan?


Biographical data

Blon Mang bzher legs po was a contemporary of Khu lHa bzang (ms. PT 1091 l. 27).


Titles

blon (ms. PT 1091 l. 27).


Notes

See also [na]ng je po blon Mang bzher (ms. PT 1817, verso)?

See also the jo bo blon Mang bzher, to whom a letter is addressed by somebody named Phyi mtho (Or. 15000/33, Takeuchi doc. n°87)?

Interestingly, the name "Mang bzher legs po" (i.e. Mang bzher the good?) somehow mirrors the name of "'Chims Mang bzher ngan po" (i.e. 'Chims Mang bzher the bad ?) found in later documentation, see:

- 'Chims Mang bzher ngan po who was blon po for a few years, after 'Gar sTong btsan yul gzung, in the time of Mang srong mang btsan (mKhas pa lde'u 168na 2010 ed p. 283, lDe'u jo sras p. 118)

- Mar bzher ngan pa po, the first of the four mChims ministers (blon po bka' thang III, bKa' thang sde lnga 1997 p. 436-437).

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1091.

*According to H. Richardson, PT 1091 may "concern the rising against the Tibetans at Sha-cu in about 797" (Richardson 1992 p. 5)

14/08/2022 update :
A councillor Mang bzhre (= Mang bzher) is also mentioned in the Khotanese ms. Or. 11252/3, dating from the second Tibetan occupation. It appears that the Tibetan officials is ordering the local merchants to send him wine (c. 792-c. 851, see Skjærvø 2004 p. 36)

Khang bTsan slebs

00959 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

Khang bTshan slebs (PT 1340 f. 211, 293)


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

Khang


Period of activity

IXth century?

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?

Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan? 


Biographical data 

Khang bTsan slebs (ms. PT 1338 f. 11, PT 1340  f. 211, 293... ?) was a copyist (ms. PT 1452 f. ?) and a contemporary of An lHa legs (ms. PT 1338 f. 4?).


Titles 


Notes

Possibly same as Khang brtsa... in ms PT 1452 f. ? 

See also bTsan slebs rig pa ? PT 1329  f 105

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1329, 1338, 1340, 1452

See also Dotson 2015b p. 160

ban de Ye shes lhun grub

00927

Other names / Alternative spellings


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

ban de


Period of activity

IXth century?

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan? 

Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan?


Biographical data

Ban de Ye shes lhun grub was a reviser and a contemporary of 'Gong bom Yul byin and dPal gyi ngang tshul  (ms. PT 1648)


Titles

ban de (ms. PT 1648)


Notes 

See also :

- ban 'de Ye shes (ms PT 1593), a reviser also contemporary of dPal gyi ngang tshul (ms PT 1660, also dPal gyi ngang chu in ms. PT 1955 ?)

- one or several other Ye shes, copyist (ms. PT 363)  and/or reviser (PT 1429 f. 352b, 359b, 367b, 375b, ?, PT 1438,  PT 1440, PT 1626), and also contemporary of dPal gyi ngang tshul (ms. PT 1664)

- gNyos Ye shes ?