gNang

rus0029 

Alternative spellings 

Functions 

blon po 

Notes 

Before the unification of the Tibetan plateau, gNang and Su du were ministers (blon po) of rTsang rje Thod kar (ms. PT 1060 l. 74-75, PT 1286 l. 8, PT 1290 l. v5).

'Bro Don grub

00495 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

'Bro family

Period of activity 

IXth century ? 

Biographical data 

'Bro Don grub offered a buddhist text (last page of ms. PT 45) 

Titles 

Notes 

Also mentioned in ms. PT 45 are the IXth century Indian scholars Shi len dra po de and Bo de mi dra (ms. PT 45 l. 14v3).

See also Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 45.

'Bro Khu rton

00489 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

'Bro Khu rton (ms. PT 608 l. Kha 39v6) 

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

'Bro family

Period of activity

VIIIth century ? 

IXth century ? 

Biographical data 

'Bro Khu rton was (a corrector ?) working with 'Bal dPal rton (and the copyist Kheng brTsan legs ? ms. PT 608 l. Kha 39v6) 

Titles 

Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 608

'Bal dPal rton

00487 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

'Bal dPal rton (ms. PT 608 l. Ka 88v. 3, Kha 39v6, ?6) 

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

'Bal family 

Period of activity 

VIIIth century ? 

IXth century ? 

Biographical data 

'Bal dPal rton was (a corrector ?) working with 'Bro Khu rton and the copyist Kheng brTsan leg (ms. PT 608 Ka l. 88v3-88v4, Kha 39v6, ?6) 

Titles 

Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 608

'Bro zhang brTsan sgra ya sto

00469 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

'Bro zhang b[...]n sgra ya sto (ms. ITJ 1368 l. 32) 

'Bro zhang brTsan sgra ya sto ? (ms. ITJ 1368 l. 32) 

'Bro zhang bTsan sgra ya sto ? (ms. ITJ 1368 l. 32) 

'Bro brTsan sgra ya sto (reconstructed name)

'Bro bTsan sgra ya sto (reconstructed name)

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

'Bro family 

zhang 

Period of activity 

VIIIth century ? 

Regency of 'Bro za Khri ma lod khri steng ? 

Biographical data 

'Bro zhang brTsan sgra ya sto and others paid homage [to Ma ga tho gon kha gan lord of 'A-zha ? c. 710 ?] (ms. ITJ 1368 l. 32) 

Titles 

mdo blon ched po ? (ms. ITJ 1368 l. 32) 

Notes

Jo mo bTsan mo 'phan

00478 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

jo mo bTsan mo 'phan (ms. PT 131 l. 28, PT 999 l. 5) 

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

Tshes pong ? 

btsun mo ?

Period of activity 

IXth century 

Reign of 'U'i dum brtan

Reign of 'Od srung

Fragmentation of the Tibetan Empire

Biographical data 

Jo mo bTsan mo 'phan was 'Od srung's mother (ms. PT 999 l. 5, see also PT 131 l. 28, 31). 

Titles 

jo mo (ms. PT 131 l. 28, PT 999 l. 5) 

yum (ms. PT 131 l. 31, PT 999 l. 5, PT 230 l. 7 ?)

Notes 

For a translation of ms. PT 131 and ms. PT 230, see Richardson 1992 p. 7-10.

According to later chronicles, jo mo bTsan mo 'phan was a consort of btsan po 'U 'i dum brtan and a rival of his other queen, the mother of Yum brtan. Jo mo bTsan mo 'phan most likely belonged to the Tshes pong family ("Tshes spong bza'" in Nyang nyi ma 'od zer 2010 ed. p. 413, "Tshe spong bza' g.Yor mo yum chen btsan mo 'phan" lDe'u jo sras 1987 ed. p. 141, "Tshe spong bza' btsan mo 'phan" in dPa' bo gtsug lag 2003 ed. p. 430... see 'U'i dum brtan in "notes" for the variations in the names of the two queens).

'Od srung

00477 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

Pho brang 'od srung ? (ms. PT 999 l. 5, PT 131 l. 28 ) 

Khri 'od srung (ms PT 230 l. 7) 

'Od srus ? (ms. PT 840 l. 6) 

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

sPu rgyal dynasty 

Period of activity 

IXth century 

Fragmentation of the Tibetan Empire

Biographical data 

'Od srung's mother was jo mo bTsan mo 'phan (ms. PT 999 l. 5, see also PT 131 l. 28, 31) 

'Od srung was residing (with his mother ?) in a place called lHa bal dum (PT 131 l. 28) 

'Od srus (i.e. 'Od srung) ruled after [his father, the btsan po 'U 'i dum brtan a.k.a.] Dar ma (ms. PT 840 l. 6) 

Titles 

btsan po lha sras (ms. PT 131 l. 31) 

lha sras (ms. PT 230 l. 7)

Notes 

For a translation of ms. PT 131 and PT 230 see Richardson 1992 p. 7-10.