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)

Tuesday 20 July 2021

blon Mang po brtsan

 00883

Other names / Alternative spellings


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


Period of activity 

IXth century? 


R
eign 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

Friday 9 July 2021

blon mDo sgra

00437 

Other names / Alternative spellings


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


Period of activity 

IXth century? 


R
eign 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


Thursday 8 July 2021

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


Wednesday 7 July 2021

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

Tuesday 6 July 2021

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)

- M
ar 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)



Monday 5 July 2021

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