Songtsen Gampo: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
Stefan Mang (talk | contribs) |
||
| (11 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Songtsen Gampo''' (''srong btsan sgam po'') | '''Songtsen Gampo''' (Tib. སྲོང་བཙན་སྒམ་པོ་, [[Wyl.]] ''srong btsan sgam po'') (c.605-650) was the first of Tibet's [[three great religious kings]] and was an emanation of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Avalokiteshvara]]. It was during his reign that the first Buddhist temples in Tibet, the Rasa Trulnang (future [[Jokhang]]) and the [[Ramoche]], were built. He married the Nepalese princess [[Bhrikuti]] and the Chinese princess [[Wencheng]]. | ||
==Further Reading== | |||
*Richardson, Hugh E. "How Old was Srong Brtsan Sgam Po" in ''Bulletin of Tibetology'', 1965. 2.1. pp 5–8. | |||
==Internal Links== | ==Internal Links== | ||
*[[The Self-Arisen Avalokiteshvara Brothers]] | |||
*[[Ka khol ma]] | |||
*[[Mani Kabum]] | *[[Mani Kabum]] | ||
*[[Sixteen pure human laws]] | |||
==External Links== | |||
*[http://www.khyentsefoundation.org/patronkingsV.html Biography on Khyentse Foundation website] | |||
*{{TBRC|P8067|TBRC Profile}} | |||
[[Category: Historical Figures]] | [[Category: Historical Figures]] | ||
[[Category:Kings]] | |||
Revision as of 18:00, 9 August 2017
Songtsen Gampo (Tib. སྲོང་བཙན་སྒམ་པོ་, Wyl. srong btsan sgam po) (c.605-650) was the first of Tibet's three great religious kings and was an emanation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. It was during his reign that the first Buddhist temples in Tibet, the Rasa Trulnang (future Jokhang) and the Ramoche, were built. He married the Nepalese princess Bhrikuti and the Chinese princess Wencheng.
Further Reading
- Richardson, Hugh E. "How Old was Srong Brtsan Sgam Po" in Bulletin of Tibetology, 1965. 2.1. pp 5–8.
