ban de gTsang ma

00496

Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

ban de (monk) 

Period of activity 

IXth century?* 

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?* 

Biographical data 

gTsang ma was a copyist (ms. PT 112 l. 31) 

Ban de gTsang ma was a copyist and a contemporary of the revisers lDe'u gling rma and Byon snang (ms. PT 1597) 

Titles 

ban de (ms. PT 1597) 

Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 n° 112, 1597 

On ms. PT 112, see also Silk 1993 (p. 7-8, 73-76) 

*see lDe'u gling rma (notes)

dre Ta tha ga tha

00345 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

dre?* 

Myang?** (unsure, work hypothesis) 

Period of activity

VIIIth century? 

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan? 

Biographical data 

Dre Ta tha ga tha received instructions [on performing phur bu ritual practice (directly from Padma Sam ba ba ?)] (ms. PT 44 l. 17.4-18.3 ). 

'Bu na A na and dre Ta tha ga tha accomplished [phur bu ritual practice] in Brag dmar brag at the bSam yas cave, dre Ta tha ga tha, "struck fire" (ms. PT 44 l. 18.3-19.4 ). 

Dre Ta tha ga tha was likely also a contemporary of Ba bor Be ro tsa, and/or [Kha?] rtse Nya na si ga (ms. PT 44 l. 16.5-17.4). 

Titles 

Notes 

See Bischoff Hartman 1971 p. 23, Kapstein 2000 p. 158-159, Cantwell, Mayer 2008 p. 61-62. 

* I haven't find so far the epithet "dre" ("mule"?) as a family name in other Old Tibetan ms.. Could it be some sort of nickname? Compare with other characters mentioned in ms. PT 44 : gnyan rNyi ba bTsan ba dpal (gnyan : wild sheep?), perhaps also ba bor Be ro tsa (middle persian babr : tiger)? 

** Later documentation mentions a Nyang / Myang Ta tha ga tha which : 

- may have been a disciple of Vimalamitra ("... paN chen bi mâ la'i slob ma nyang ting 'dzin bzang po / nyang ta thâ ga ta / nyang shes rab 'byung gnas sogs gsang sngags kyi grub pa ..." see Nyang ston khra tshang blo gros mchog gi rdo rje'i rnam thar, p. 216 in gSung 'bum, vol. 12 / Ngag dbang blo bzang rgya mtsho. - Beijing : krung go'i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang, 2009) 

- is credited for the foundation of the Kha rag yul rje'i lha khang ("nyang ta thâ ga tas kha rag yul rje'i lha khang bzhengs /" Ne'u pandita 2005 ed. p. 27).

lDe'u Gling rma

00952 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

lDe'u Gling rma (ms. PT 1581, PT 1587, PT 1597) 

Gling rma (ms. PT 1586) 

Gling ma (ms. PT 1612) 

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

lDe'u 

Period of activity 

IXth century?*  

Reign of Khri gTsug lde brtsan?*  

Biographical data

lDe'u Gling rma was a reviser (ms. PT 1581, PT 1586, PT 1587, PT 1597, PT 1612, PT 1652) and a contemporary of: 

- Le'u Byon snang, reviser (ms. PT 1581, PT 1586, PT 1587, PT 1597, PT 1612) 

- Kem re brtsan, copyist (ms. PT 1581) 

- De'u shin, copyist (ms. PT 1586)

- Cog ro Khong brtsan (ms. PT 1586)

- sKya tsa lHa lho (?), reviser (ms. PT 1612) 

- dPal gyi ngang tshul, reviser (ms. PT 1587)* 

- ban de gTsang ma, copyist (ms. PT 1597)

Titles 

Notes 

See Lalou 1939-1961 doc. n°1581 1586, 1587, 1602, 1597 

dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba includes a "yi ge pa dgon Gling rma" in his list of bstan pa snga dar gyi lo tsâ ba (see dPa' bo gtsug lag 'phreng ba 2003 ed. vol. 1 p. 525-526) 

*dPal gyi ngang tshul (mentioned in Dotson 2013-2014 [2015], p. 40) and a contemporary of 'Gong bom Yul byin (ms. PT 1648). 

Rye shin Khu bul bu

00246 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

Rye shin? 

Period of activity 

VIIth century 

Reign of Mang slon mang rtsan 

Reign of Khri 'Dus srong mang po rje 

Hegemony of mGar 

Biographical data 

In Ox year [677] Rye shin Khu bul bu and lCog la Ring tsug skor were disloyal, and Zhang zhung revolted (ms. PT 128-ITJ 0750 l. 69-70). 

Titles 

Notes

lCog la Ring tsug skor

00247 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

lCog la* 

Period of activity 

VIIth century 

Reign of Mang slon mang rtsan 

Reign of Khri 'Dus srong mang po rje 

Hegemony of mGar 

Biographical data 

In Dog year [674], lCog la* revolted (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 0750 l. 60). 

In Ox year [677] Rye shin Khu bul bu and lCog la Ring tsug skor were disloyal, and Zhang zhung revolted (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 0750 l. 69-70). 

Titles 

Notes 

*An area in Zhang zhung (Dotson 2009 p. 90). Sometime also used as a name, sBa bzhed (2010 ed. p. 99) mentions a lCog la sMon la ma 'bar as a supporter of bon in the time of Khri Srong lde btsan.

'Bro g.Yu gong

01048

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

'Bro


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan?


Biographical data 

In Rat year [782?*], from Tibet, appointed as dpon sna of the Sha cu pa : Rongspo g.Yu gong, the rtse rje blon ; Khyung po Klu rma, the rtse rje spyan ; 'Bro g.Yu gong, the rtse rje 'bring po ; 'Bal Du ma legs, the rtse rje chu ngu and dgra blon...  (ms. PT 1089 l. r53-54)


Titles 

rtse rje 'bring po (ms. PT 1089 l. r54) 


Notes 

Obviously not to be confused with the Rongspo g.Yu gong of ms. PT 1089 l. r53.

A zhang sTag rma g.yu gong is mentioned in ms. ITJ 1126 l. 2, but the document is dating from the mid IXth century according to S. van Schaik (2012, p. 430).

(Probably another) g.Yu gong is mentioned as a copyist in ms. PT 1302 f76b ; also as copyist and reviser in ms. PT 1312 f37b.

See also ms. PT 1845 verso, offered to the nang rje po blon rMa bzher and the blon bTsan bzher by g.Yu gong and gSas legs.

On ms. PT 1089 see Scherrer-Schaub 2007, also Lalou 1939.

* See Scherrer-Schaub 2007 p. 270

Khyung po Klu rma

00780

Other names / Alternative spellings 


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

Khyung po


Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan?


Biographical data 

In Rat year [782?*], from Tibet, appointed as dpon sna of the Sha cu pa : Rongspo g.Yu gong, the rtse rje blon ; Khyung po Klu rma, the rtse rje spyan ; 'Bro g.Yu gong, the rtse rje 'bring po ; 'Bal Du ma legs, the rtse rje chu ngu and dgra blon...  (ms. PT 1089 l. r53-54)


Titles 

rtse rje spyan (ms. PT 1089 l. r54) 


Notes 

Not to be confused with Do Klu rma (ms. PT 1500)

On ms. PT 1089 see Scherrer-Schaub 2007, also Lalou 1939.

Mention of "mang sgra blon klu rma" under Khri lDe srong btsan in mKhas pa'i dga' ston (dPa' bo gtsug lag  'phreng ba 2003 ed. vol.. 1 p. 411-413)

*Scherrer-Schaub 2007 p. 270