blon sTag bzhrer kug gong

00795

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data

Blon sTag bzher kug gong was a contemporary of a Then bzher (ms. PT 1652)


Titles

blon (ms. PT 1652)


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1652 

See also blon sTag bzher in ms. PT 1166, PT 1535, PT 1653, PT 1676, PT 1749, PT 1875, PT 1962, Or.15000/316, Or. 15000/471, Or. 15000/481?

See also sTag bzher in ms. PT 1226, Or. 15000/91, Or. 15000/93, Or. 15000/147,Or. 15000/227?

See also zhang sTag bzher

blon stag bzhrer kug gong gi zha sngar / / then bzher gi mchid gsol ba' / (ms. PT 1652)

Source: Gallica

blon gTsug brtan

00745

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

blon rGyal zhang legs sum rje

00888

Other names / Alternative spellings

blon rGyal zhang legs sum (acc. to Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1175)


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data


Titles 

blon (ms. PT 1175)


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961

Mention of blon rGyal zhang legs sum or blon rGyal zhang legs sum rje in ms. PT 1175
Source: Gallica

blon mDo brtsan

00783

Other names / Alternative spellings


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

Rlang family?

Gro family?

dBa's family?


Period of activity

IXth century?*

Reign of Khri lde srong brtsan?

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?

Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan?


Biographical data

mDo brtsan was a contemporary of blon sTag sum btsan, 'Phan legs, dGe bzher, mChod legs... (ms. PT 1466 verso), of bTsan bzang (ms. PT 1547) 

Blon mDo brtsan was a contemporary of a "Zhang brtan"** (ms. PT 1154)

Blon mDo brtsan was a reviser and a contemporary of ban de Ye she, and Kha sDe g.yu rmang brstan (ms. PT 1593)

Zhang lon ched po zhang Khri sum bzher, blon bTsan bzher, blon mDo brtsan and others led a campaign in Hor yul (ms. PT 1294)

Blon mDo brtsan borrowed some grain (ms. PT 1203 I l. 8-9)


Titles 

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 1154)

blon (ms. PT 1294, PT 1593) 


Notes 

mDo brtsan was the name of several people, see :

- [Rlang] lHa bzher mdo brtsan

- dGro Ring stag mdo brtsan

- blon Khri sum bzhengs mdo' brtsan (inscr. lDan ma brag II l. 10)

The latter probably corresponds to the dBa's blon Khri sum bzher mdo btsan mentioned by dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba, who seems to be distinguished from another dBa' blon mDo btsan, both under the reign of Khri lDe srong btsan Sad na legs (see dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba 2003 ed. vol. 1 p. 411-413)

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1154, 1294, 1466, 1547, 1593

See Takeuchi 1995 text 28 (translation and translitteration of ms. PT 1203), with loan contract dated from 830 or 842 (Takeuchi 1995 p. 12)

*See mChims zhang brTan bzher stag tsab?

dGro Ring stag mdo brtsan

00789

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

dGro (=Gro?)


Period of activity

?


Biographical data

Examination of dGro Ring stag mdo brtsan's horse... (ms. PT 1066 l. 3)


Titles


Notes

Ms. PT 1066 transl. in Blondeau 1972 (p. 318-327)  

- See blon Rings mdo btsan, founder of the mKhan dmar stengs kyi lha khang according tp mKhas pa lde'u (167ba-168na, 2010 ed. p. 281-282), who seems to be the same as sGro Rings lho btsan, founder of Khang dmar gyi lha khang according to Ne'u Pandita (2005 ed p. 27-30). Both names could be combined in something like *sGro Rings mdo btsan.

- See also blon mDo brtsan in ms. PT 1294, PT 1466, PT 1593, and blon mDo rtsan in ms. PT 1713?

blon Khri rma

00734

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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


Period of activity 

IXth century

Reign of Khri lDe srong brtsan?

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?  


Biographical data 

In Dragon year (812 or 824)* [...] blon rGyal bzher and blon Khri rma were assisted by gNubs lHa gzigs in Zha'i bde sum tshal (ms. PT 1113)

blon Khri rma (ms. Or. 15000/497 l. r6) was a contemporary of Khrom kong, Mye Gung sgra (ms. Or. 15000/497 l. r1), jo co Zla bzher (ms. Or. 15000/497 l. r3), blon Mang zigs (ms. Or. 15000/497 l. r7-8). 


Titles

blon (ms. PT 1113, Or. 15000/497 l. r6)


Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1113

See Takeuchi 1998 doc 614

See also "zhang zhang khri rma" in ms. PT 1168?

*Takeuchi 2013 p. 106-107.

blon dGe brtan

00897 

Other names / Alternative spellings

Ning dGe brtan?  (ms. PT 1699 verso)


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

Ning?


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data 

Blon dGe brtan was a contemporary of a blon dGe legs (ms. PT 1298)

Ning dGe brtan was a contemporary of dGe legs (ms. PT 1699, verso)


Titles

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 1298)


Notes  

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1298, 1699 

Some other characters are known to bear the name dGe brtan:

- Shig dGe brtan, a copyist (ms. PT 1358)

- 'Vang dGe brtan, also a copyist  (ms. PT 1629)

- dGe brtan, a reviser (ms. PT 1340 f. 534, PT 1382 f. 196, PT 1398 f. 52b, 66b, 72b, 80b, PT 1404 f. 102b, PT 1322 f.541b, PT 1418 f. 110b, 115b, 120b, 143b, 151b, 158b, 194b, PT 1425 f. 350b)

- dGe brtan, a copyist (ms. PT 1500, PT 1596)

- see also "dge'o brtan" in ms. PT 1590 verso 

"nang rje po blon dge brtan dang blon dge legs" in ms. PT 1298

Source: Gallica

"ning dge brtan dang dge legs gi's" in ms . PT 1699, verso

 Source: Gallica

sTong sgra

00638

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data

Nang rje po blon (?) sTong sgra was a contemporary of a mDo skyes* (ms. PT 2123) 


Titles

nang rje po blo (likely for nang rje po blon, ms. PT 2123)


Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 2123 

*see also Bam mDo skyes?

"/ nang rje po blo[n] stong sgra 'i zhan sngar / / mdo skyes kyi mchid gsol ba' / / thugs bde "
in ms. PT 2123

Source: Gallica

blon sTag bzhen legs kong

01032

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data

Blon sTag bzhen legs kong (ms. Or.15000/441 l. v1) 


Titles

blon (ms. Or.15000/441 l. v1)


Notes

Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. 55

See also mention of blon sTag Legs kong in ms. PT 1226?

I have so far not found any other occurrences of "sTag bzhen" ("sTag bzher" seems to be more common), but a number of other "Legs kong" are attested : gNang Legs kong, 'Bring yas Legs kong, zhang Legs kong, Thang bzang Legs kong (ms. PT 1628)...

See also :

- Legs kong, a contemporary of Sha myi lha srong and mDo bzher in ms. Or.15000/189 l. 5 (see Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. 253)

- Legs kong (a copyist) in ms. PT 1302, PT 1303, PT 1606

- a "bod skad du bsgyur ba'i lo tsâ ba" Bran ka Legs gong is mentioned in rBa bzhed (see dBa' bzhed bzhugs so 2010 p. 289-290).

'Phan De su rtsan

00611

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

'Phan?


Period of activity

IXth century 

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan


Biographical data 

'Phan 'De su rtsan and sKya' tsa lDo dzom  were the guarantors in the sale of sKya' tsa lHa brtsan's horse to the dge slong Cang Bon car in Sheep year [827 or 839*] (ms. PT 1297.3 l. 2-3, 8-9). 

The sale was witnessed by blon lHa bzang lha rton, blon lHa bzang 'do tse, 'Go Kog thong (?), Je'u sTag legs, Hva' hva hva, 'Bom sTag tsho and 'Bom zhang skyes (ms. PT 1297.3 l 9-11).


Titles


Notes

See Takeuchi 1995 text 5

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1297. 3

*Takeuchi 1995 p. 11

blon sTag Yung yung

00806

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

stag ? 


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century? 


Biographical data


Titles

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 1296)


Notes 

A ban d[e (?)] dPal dbyangs is mentioned on the other side of ms. PT 1296

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1296 

Nang rje po blon sTag yung yung in ms. PT 1296

  

Source: Gallica

blon brTsan la 'phan

00813

Other names / Alternative spellings


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data

Blon brTsan la 'pan was a contemporary of the zhan lon che po blon dGe bzang (Or. 15000/326 l. r9) in a hare year (Or. 15000/326 l. r1)


Titles

blon (Or. 15000/326 l. r9)


Notes

See Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. 427

blon dGe bzang

00898

Other names / Alternative spellings


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data

Blon dGe bzang was a contemporary of a rMa legs (ms. PT 2076).

Nang rje po blon dGe bzang was a contemporary of mkhan po Li'u Sha li (ms. PT 2076).

Zhan lon che po blon dGe bzang was a contemporary of blon brTsan la 'pan (Or. 15000/326 l. r9) in a hare year (Or. 15000/326 l. r1)


Titles 

blon (ms. PT 2076) 

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 2076)

jo bo to dog blon (ms. PT 2204.3)

zhan lon che po blon (Or. 15000/326 l. r9) 


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 2076, 2204d

See Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. 427r9 

See also blon dGe bzang (?) in ms. PT 2204B l. 2 (with a mention of a blon rMa legs in l. 1)

blon sTag sTong zigs

00633

Other names / Alternative spellings

nang rje po blon sTag sTong zigs (ms. Or.8210/S.5721 l. 1)

nang po blon sTong zigs (ms. PT 1312 f. 5 verso)

nang rje po sTong zigs (ms. PT 1653 verso)


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

stag (?)


Period of activity

VIIIth century?*

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan?*


Biographical data

Nang rje po blon sTag sTong zigs, was a contemporary of a sTag skyes (ms. Or.8210/S.5721 l. 1).

Nang rje po sTong zigs, was a contemporary of a Bung yig  (ms. PT 1653 verso).


Titles 

nang po blon (ms. PT 1312 f. 5 verso)

nang rje po (ms. PT 1653 verso)

nang rje po blon (ms. Or.8210/S.5721 l. 1)


Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1312 

*A character with a name similar to "sTag sTong zigs" is found in mKhas pa lde'u's chronicle : gNyer sTag bcan sTong gzigs. He is said to have erected the Gling khri rtse'i gtsug la khang in order to purify the sin of leading a war against China ("de yang gnyer stag bcan stong gzigs kyis rgya la dmag drangs pa'i sdig sbyong du / gling khri rtse'i gtsug lag khang bzhengs" mKhas pa lde'u 149na 2010 ed. p. 250).

The same character is also mentioned (with spelling variations) in other historical works :

- In dBa' bzhed, sNyer stag btsan ldong gzigs is on the buddhist side at the time of the debate between buddhism and bon (dBa' bzhed 2010 ed. p. 27-28, also gNyer rTag btsan ldong gzigs in sBa bzhed 2010 ed. p. 99)

- in Ne'u Pandita chronicle, he is the first of the list of mdzang pa mi bdun : "gcig du 'dzangs pa gnyer stag tshal ldong gzigs yin / de yis las stabs ci byas na / ba re glang re gnag re ra lug khrims su btsan <bcas/> rtsva la chung bu byas nas dbyar rtsi dgun du 'tshal / spang thang zhung du glog <slog> nas de mthar khang khyim brtsigs / de'i gong na bod la rtsi thog lo thog med / (p. 10)"  he is also credited for erecting the rGya'i ha zhang lha khang in order to expiate the sins comitted during his campaign against Zhang po rgya (i.e. China) "gnyer stag btsan ldong gzigs kyis zhang po rgya la dmag 'dren pa'i dmag dpon byas pa'i sdig bshags su rgya'i ha shang lha khang bzhengs",  (bKa' thang sde lnga 1997 ed. p. 489-491).

- In bKa' thangs sde lgna : "/ gnyer pa stag mtshan ldong gzig blon po khyod / / rgyal po klu yi khyab 'jug skye ba blangs / / / tshe 'phos da lta rgyal po'i blon po yin /" (Blon po bka' thang XXVI, in bKa' thang sde lnga 1997 ed. p. 507)  and  "/ blon gnyer stag mtshan gdong gzigs 'di / / la stod 'am zhes su / / nam mkha'i ming can la stod kha lo sgyur /" (Blon po bka' thang XXVIII, in bKa' thang sde lnga 1997 ed. p. 515-517) 

gNyer does not seem to occur in Old Tibetan sources as a family or clan name. However, gnyer pa appears to be a title, translated as "levy official" by T. Takeuchi  (see Takeuchi 1995 text 33 p. 88, 257, and text 34 p. 260, "It seems that gnyer-pa were officials whose task was to levy or collect taxes, tributes, penalties etc" Takeuchi 1995 p. 259).

I was also so far unable to find in Old Tibetan documentation the spelling lDong gzig[s], although it seems to  be prevalent in later litterature.

blon lDong bzang

00685

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

Blon lDong bzang borrowed grain before the visit of a blon sTag zigs**(ms. PT 1104 E2).

Blon lDong bzang had two "bondservants" Dru gu Legs chung and Sheg Ne ne (ms. PT 1104 E2').

mTha' yas, Hong ben, lHa 'co, lHa brtan and others, sent a letter to blon lDong bzang (ms. PT 1199 l. 1).

Nang rje po blon lDong bzang was a contemporary of : 

- a Cog ro (ms. PT 1199 l. 3)

- dPal bzang gtsug tor (ms. PT 1199 l. 4)

- blon sTag sum [rje] (? ms. PT 1199 l. 5 )  

- blon dPal brtsan (ms. PT 1385 f. bam po 66 l. r. 5)


Titles

blon (ms. PT 1104 l. E1-2)  

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 1199 l. 1, PT 1385 f. bam po 66 l. r. 5) 

Notes

* loan contract on ms. PT 1104 dated c. 830/842 (see Takeuchi 1995 p. 12,  47)

** see among others :  rNgegs blon sTag zigs rgan kol, Bam sTag zigs. See also "sTag gzigs", such as : Wang sTag gzigs  (a copyist, ms. PT 1113), and  blon "sTag gzigs" (in ms. PT 1104, PT 1295, PT 1861)...

See Takeuchi 1995 text 27 (ms. PT 1104)

See also Takeuchi 1998 doc. 619.4 "zhang lon blon [stong (/'dong)] bzang"?

 

'Ba' brTan kong

01057

Other names / Alternative spellings


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

'Ba' (= 馬*)


Period of activity

IXth century? **

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?  **

Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan? **


Biographical data 


Titles 


Notes 

Not to be confused with :

- Do brTan kong (PT2204 c)

- 'Gu brTan kong (ms. PT1629)

- Tshar long brTan kong (ms. PT 1610)

- mGar brTan kong (ms. PT 1959)...  

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1336

**See also Dotson 2015b p. 159

*See Takeuchi 1995 p. 38  

Mentions of 'Ba' brTan kong in ms. PT 1336  

Source: Gallica

blon dPal zigs

00687

Other names / Alternative spellings


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

blon


Period of activity

IXth century?

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?

Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan? 


Biographical data 

Blon dPal zigs sends a letter to a blon dPal bzang (ms. PT 1385).


Titles

blon (ms. PT 1385) 


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1385

On ms. PT 1385 see also Dotson 2013-2014 [2015] p. 29, 31, 36, 48, 53

// blon dpal bzang gyI zha sngar / blon dpal zigs gi mchId gsol ba' // (ms. PT 1385 )

Source: Gallica

blon sTag gung

01033

Other names / Alternative spellings


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

blon


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data 


Titles

blon (ms. Or 15000/280 l. 1)


Notes

See Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc 381

blon lDong bzher

00782

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

blon


Period of activity 

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data

Nang rje po blon lDong bzher, a contemporary of Myes rma* (ms. PT 1331  f. 521 verso)


Titles

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 1331)


Notes

*A (probably different) 'Bal blon Klu bzang myes rma is mentioned in the 821/822 peace treaty inscription (inscr. peace treaty l. n32-n33) 

See also : lDong bzher, a contemporary of rGyal bzher (= rKyal bzher), Kon bzher, lHa bzher, Cung bzang, Gung zigs and Khu tshab (ms. Or. 15000/498 l. 1, 6-7)

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc 1331

See also Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. 615

blon Tshe bzher

00896

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data 


Titles

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 1458) 


Notes 

nang rje po blon tshe bzher in ms. PT 1458

Source: Gallica

Bam Yeng che

00528

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

Bam family


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data 


Titles 


Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961

Mention of Bam Yeng che in ms. PT 1339 

Source: Gallica

blon sTag brlan

00794

Other names / Alternative spellings


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IX century?


Biographical data 


Titles

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 1713) 


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1713

"nang rje po blon stag brlan" in ms.  PT 1713

 

Source: Gallica

An Peg shang

00853

Other names / Alternative spellings

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

An


Period of activity 

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data 


Titles 


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1153

Mention of An Peg shang in ms. PT 1153

Source: Gallica

blon Mang sgra

00786

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data

Nang rje po blon Mang sgra was a contemporary of  Bun chen (ms. PT 1653). 


Titles

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 1653, PT 2019) 


Notes

See also Mang sgra in ms. Or. 8212/1923 (Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. 328)

See also Mang luo 莽囉 / 莽羅 in Xin Tangshu and Jiu Tangshu, a Tibetan general active in the last quarter of the VIIIth c., whose name may be reconstructed as "Mang sgra" (or Mang dgra, Pelliot 1961 p. 146, see Tibetan Anthroponyms in Chinese Sources)

dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba also mentions a "mang sgra blon klu rma" in the time of Khri lDe srong btsan Sad na legs (Chos 'byung mkhas pa'i dga' ston 2003 ed. vol. 1 p. 411-413, see Lists of Characters from later Histories and gTer ma)

nang rje po blon mang sgra in ms. PT 1653

Source: Gallica

nang rje po blon mang sgra in ms. PT 2019

source: Gallica

blon mTsho bzang

00787

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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


Period of activity

IXth century?*

Reign of Khri gtsug lde brtsan? 


Biographical data

mTsho bzang was a contemporary of blon Klu sgra (?) (ms. Or. 8212/1882 l. 2 )**.

The blon mTsho bzang was a contemporary of Tang ming (ms. PT 1453) and sTag Klu bzher (ms. Or. 1500/122 l. r2)

The dpung pon blon mTsho  bzang was contemporary of Li Mar pon (ms. Or.15000/28 l. r.2) 


Titles

blon (ms. PT 1453, Or. 1500/122 l. r2)

dpung pon blon (ms. Or.1500/28 l. r2)


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1453

See Takeuchi 1995 text 43 (= ms. Or.15000/28)

Takeuchi 1997-1998 text 82 (= ms. Or.1500/28), 184 (= Or.1500/122), 330 (= Or. 8212/1882), see also "mtsho bza..." in doc 475 (= Or. 15000/373)

*Or.15000/28, c. 828 according to Takeuchi 1995 p. 20

**See also zhang Klu sgra, lHo blon Klu sgra, or yet another Klu sgra...

blon rMa bzang

00792

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?


Biographical data 

blon rMa bzang was a contemporary of a Zhang slebs and a Phlang Klu legs (? ms. PT 1760, verso )


Titles

blon (ms. PT 1760, verso)


Notes  

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1760

"/ / nang rje po blon rma bzang la / / zhang slebs gyi mchid gsol ba thugs bde
'am myi bde mchid yi ge las snyun gsol zhung mchis na bka' (?) stsal par ji gnang //
lags ma lags gyi mtshan ma 'bras brel (?) zhig / / phlang klu legs la gsol zhing mchis na /
bzhes (?) par ji gnang / / " in ms. PT 1760, verso

Source: Gallica

blon dPal brtsan

00686

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 

Blon dPal brtsan was a contemporary of nang rje po blon lDong bzang (ms. PT 1385 f. bam po 66 l. r. 5)


Titles

blon (ms. PT 1385 f. bam po 66 l. r. 5)


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1385

*See  nang rje po blon lDong bzang.

"... / nang rje po blon ldong bzang 'I zha sngar / blon dpal brstan gI mchid gsol ba' /     lha dpal 'phrul dang 'dra ba'I zha sngar nas de bar thugs bde'am myi bde ba mchid yi ge (?)..." in ms. PT 1385

source: Gallica