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 (2) 'Phan (2) An (10) Bal po (4) Bam (10) ban de (15) bKrags (2) blon (122) blon chen (37) bon po (1) Brag (2) Bran ka (3) brung pa (6) btsan mo (6) btsun mo (17) Byin (1) Ce (1) Cog ro (37) Da rgyal (4) Dags (6) dBa's (26) dBrad (2) De'u (1) dGro (2) dGro snya (4) dre (1) Dru gu (5) 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 (3) Jeng (2) Kam (4) Khang (5) Khe rgad (1) Khu (8) Khyung po (6) klu (1) Kvag (1) Lang gro (7) lCi sa (2) lCog la (1) lDe sman (4) lDe'u (2) lha (19) lHa lung (1) lHo (4) Li (1) 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 (16) Pho yong (1) Phung (1) phyva (1) Reb kong (4) rGya gar (11) rGya nag (15) rgyal phran (1) rgyal pran (23) rHya (2) Rlang (20) rMa (2) rMe'u (2) rNgegs (9) 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)

Wednesday, 16 September 2020

An sTag chung

00859
Other names / Alternative spellings


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

An


Period of activity

VIIIth century?

IXth century?

Reign of Khri lDe srong brtsan?

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?


Biographical data

An sTag chung was a copyist (ms. PT 1345, PT 1425 f. 267b, 294a) and a contemporary of the revisers Zhi mchog*, Yon tan**, and Dze cin (ms. PT 1425 f. 267b, 294a).


Titles


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1345, 1425

Not to be confused with Khra sTag chung (or Khu sTag chung? ms. Or. 15000/490)

Not to be confused with Do sTag chung a copyist (ms. PT 507, PT 1382 f. 175b, PT 1394 f44a, f49b, PT 1399 f.56b, PT 1400 f. 63b, 70b, PT 1401 f. 70b) a contemporary of the revisers Hve gog, dGe brtan, Byang chub, and Tshe'i cin (PT 1382 f. 175b), and of the revisers sTag zigs Zhi mchog 'Go 'go, and 'Jam dpal PT 1394 f44a, f49b, PT 1399 f.56b, PT 1400 f. 63b, 70b , PT 1401 f. 70b).

Not  to be confused with 'Go sTag Chung, a copyist (ms. PT 1349).

See also sTag cung :

- a reviser and a contemporary of the copyist 'Go se'u han, (ms. PT 1349)

- a reviser and a contemporary of the copyists sTag legs, and Ke'u sTag cung (ms. PT 1374 f. 278b, 294b),

- a copyist and a contemporary of the revisers Dag mchog, Hve gog, dGe brtan, and Dze cin (ms. PT 1452)

*Zhi mchog, a contemporary of the great reviser 'Jams dpal

**see Bran ka Yon tan?


Friday, 11 September 2020

Khang bTsan bzher

01102
Other names / Alternative spellings


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

Khang (康? family of Sogdian origin?)


Period of activity

IXth century?*

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?

Reign of 'U 'i dum brtan?


Biographical data

Khang bTsan bzher was a copyist and a contemporary of: Bun shu, Dam tsong*, Dam zhen, and dPal gyi 'od ldan, revisers (ms. PT 1429 f. 333b).


Titles


Notes

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. 1429

*Dam tshong, Bun shu mentioned in Dotson 2013-2014 [2015] p. 29, 53.


Friday, 7 February 2020

blon rMa bzher

00513 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 

Reign of Mu ne brtsan? 

Reign of Khri lDe srong brtsan? 


Biographical data 

The (nang rje po) blon rMa bzher was a contemporary of : 

- (nang rje po) blon rMa sgra (ms. PT 1077 l. 108-109 - c. Hare year [799? 811?]* -, PT 1169 recto) 

- blon mTsho bzher (ms. PT 1077 l. 108-109, PT 1180 recto), 

- blon bTsan bzher ( ms. PT 1845 verso)**, 

- sTag rton (ms. PT 1180 recto) 

- g.Yu gong (ms. PT 1845 verso)*** 

- gSas legs (ms. PT 1845 verso), 

- blon dGe bzang (ms. PT 2204c l. 1) 

- Legs sgra zla brtsan (ms. PT 2204c l. 15). 


Titles 

nang rje pho blon (ms. PT 1180 recto) 

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 1649.2 verso, PT 1653 verso, PT 1845 verso) 

nang rje po chen po blon (ms. Or 15000/529 l. 1) 

blon (ms. PT 1077 l. 108-109, PT 1169 recto, PT 2204c l. 1). 


Notes 

See also "rma bzher" in ms. Or. 8212/ 1888 l. 2, (Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. 343). 

See Or 15000/529 in Takeuchi 1997-1998, doc n° 648 

* Ms. PT 1077 Hare year 799 or 811 according to Liu 2019 p. 108. 

** See 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 'Bro g.Yu gong (reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan?), Rongspo g.Yu gong (reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan?) or yet another g.Yu gong? 


Mentions of blon rMa bzher in ms. PT 1077 
 
Source: Gallica

Mention of nang rje po blon rMag bzher in ms. PT 1653
Source: Gallica




Thursday, 6 February 2020

She'u lHa sbyin

00602 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

She'u 


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 


Biographical data 

She'u lHa sbyin (PT 2204c l. 20), was a contemporary of blon rMa bzher (ms. PT 2204c l.1), blon dGe bzang (ms. PT 2204c l. 2), Do brTan kong (ms. PT 2204c l. 4, 12-13), Legs sgra zla brtsan (ms. PT 2204c l. 15)... 


Titles 


Notes 

See also lHa sbyin, the Tibetan translation of Sanskrit Devadatta (as in ms. PT 956 l. 1).

Not to be confused with Do lHa sbyin (ms. PC 3243 verso = ms. PT 2204A), a copyist (ms. PT 1532, PT 1588). 

See also lHa sbyin, a reviser and a contemporary of : the copyist Leng ho shing ce, and the two revisers 'veng yir and Ling ce'u (ms. PT 1413 f. 100 recto). 

See also lHa sbyin, a contemporary of ban 'de Cin Ayir (ms. PT 2123).

 

Wednesday, 5 February 2020

nang rje po blon stag Mang rtsan

00317 
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

stag (?) 


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth vcentury? 


Biographical data 

The nang rje po blon stag Mang rtsan was a contemporary of the ban de Shen 'do (ms. PT 919 verso). 


Titles 

nang rje po blon (ms. PT 919 verso) 


Notes 

Likely not the same as the blon Mang rtsan 'phan gang / Mang rtsan 'pan gang, active in mDo smad c. 755-757, mentioned by The Old Tibetan (ms. PT Or. 8212.87 l. 14-28). 

 

Monday, 3 February 2020

mChims sMon khri

01097
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

mChims family 


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 


Biographical data 

mChims sMon khri was a contemporary of blon Stag sum rje (ms. PT 1374 f. 375b l. 11). 


Titles 


Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1374 

 


nang rje po blon sTag sum rje

00805
Other names / Alternative spellings 


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


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 


Biographical data 

Blon Stag sum rje was a contemporary of mChims sMon khri (ms. PT 1374 f. 375b l. 11). 


Titles 

nang rje po (ms. PT 1153, PT 2142) 

blon (ms. PT 1153, PT 1374 l. 11, PT 2142) 


Notes 

See also 'Dral sTag [sum] rje klu dpal? 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n° 1153, 1374, 2142 

Nang rje po blon sTag sum rje in ms. PT 1153
  
source: Gallica