Bam Cab thong

00492 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

Bam family

ban de (monk) 

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 

In a Bird year, ban 'de Bam Cab thong was a contemporary of a blon zhang Khri dog rje and a Rin chen dpal (ms. PT 2128 l. 1-2) 

Titles 

ban 'de (ms. PT 2128 l. 2) 

Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 2128

Rong spo Khrom brtsan

00627

Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

Rong spo 

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 

Rong spo Khrom brtsan was possibly a contemporary of a blon (minister) mTshan bzher and of Wang za (lady) Zhib i nyang (PT 1176 recto). 

Titles 

Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1176

Bam Legs sbyin

00524 

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

Bam family 


Period of activity 

VIIIth century ? 

IXth century ? 

Xth century ? 


Biographical data 

Bam Legs sbyin was a copyist and reviser of Buddhist texts (ms. PT 1365 l. 541v7) 


Titles 


Notes

Bam sTag zigs

00407 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

Bam family

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 

Jeng lHa rton and Bam sTag zigs were named together as mngan (officials in charge of taxes, ms. PT 1089 l. r65-r66). 

Titles 

mngan (PT 1089 l. r65-r66) 

Notes 

On ms. PT 1089 see Scherrer-Schaub 2007 p. 279-280, also Lalou 1956

Bam Legs bzang

00491

Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

Bam family 

Period of activity 

VIIIth century ? 

IXth century ? 

Xth century ? 

Biographical data 

Bam Legs bzang was a copyist of Buddhist texts (ms. PT 143 l. 5.16) 

Titles 

Notes 

See also Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 143

Bam sTag slebs

00408 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

Bam family 

Period of activity 

IXth century ?  

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan ? 

Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan ?

Biographical data 

Bam sTag slebs was a copyist [of Buddhist text], a contemporary of the three revisers Dam tsong, Seng ge, and Ci gyen (ms. PT 1434 l. 7v12). 

Bam sTag slebs's seal was applied on a "Receipt for the repayment of loaned wheat" dated from a Hog year (ms. ITJ 844 l. 7, see also OTDO edition of the text). 

Bam sTag slebs was a contemporary of Cang Ka dzo and Cang Kun tse (ms. ITJ 844 l. 1), mkhan po Thub brtan (ms. ITJ 844 l. 4), the gnyer pa Dar rgyal ma and Tre Mye slebs (ms. ITJ 844 l. 5), Byi brtsan, Dze'u gog tsheng and Cang Klu legs (ms. ITJ 844 l. 7-8)

Titles 

Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1434. 

See Thomas 1951 p. for a translation of ms. ITJ 844 p. 41-42.

A "Dam tshong" is mentioned in Dotson 2013-2014 [2015] p. 29

Bam

rus0030 

Alternative spellings 

Notes 

Bam : the Tibetan transcription of a Chinese family name (see Takeuchi 1995 p. 130). 

The Bam family name is mentioned in connection with the rgod sar gyi sde ("rgod sar gyi sde bam pe'u dar" ms. PT 1000A l. 6) and the snyings choms gyi sde ("snyings choms gyi sde bam za 'bi bri" ms. PT 1001A l. 1). 

Some members of the Bam family have Tibetan (or Tibetanised ?) name such as : Bam Legs bzang, Bam sTag bzang, Bam dPal 'dus...