Kingdom of Derge - Wikipedia
WEBThe Kingdom of Derge (Tibetan: སྡེ་དགེ་, Wylie: sde dge; Chinese: 德格王國) was a large kingdom in Kham, whose estate was founded in the 13th century by the Gar Clan of Sonam Rinchen in present day Pelyul County. [1] The Gar Clan traces its lineage to minister Gar Tongtsen at Songsten Gampo 's 7th century court, and the ...
Kingdom of Derge - Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia
WEBDerge became the capital of the kingdom in the 15th century under the reign of Lodro Tobden, the 31st in the line of the Derge kings. It was he who invited Thang Tong Gyalpo to establish the renowned Gongchen Monastery in the region. The kingdom expanded during the 18th century under the reign of Tenpa Tsering, who conquered territories to the ...
Derge - Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia
WEBDerge was formerly the seat of the kings of the kingdom of Derge, whose 1300-year lineage was broken with the death of the last male heir in the 1990s. The kingdom was an important industrial, religious and political center in Eastern Tibet.
Derge - Wikipedia
WEBDerge (Tibetan: སྡེ་དགེ་, Wylie: sde dge), officially Gengqing Town (Tibetan: དགོན་ཆེན་ཀྲེན།, Wylie: dgon chen kren; Chinese: 更庆镇; pinyin: Gēngqìng Zhèn), is a town in Dêgê County in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, China. It was once the center of the Kingdom of Derge in Kham.
Dergé - Rigpa Wiki
WEBDergé (Tib. སྡེ་དགེ་, Wyl. sde dge) — a region and also a town situated in Eastern Tibet. It was the birthplace of Dilgo Khyentsé Rinpoche and Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, and is also the location of a famous printing house.
Genealogy of Kings of Derge - Lotsawa House
WEBGenealogy of the Dharma Kings of Derge. by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö. Oṃ svasti. A god of clear light descended onto the summit of Zhakra Lhatsé and appeared as the human Gar Namtsa Druk. His lineage then continued with Gar Lakhyen Chenpo, whose son was Gar Tongmé Trichak.
An Overview of the Degé Kingdom | Mandala Collections - Texts
WEBBursting onto the scene in the 1630s, the Degé (sde dge) kingdom immediately became one of the major players involved in the dramatic transformation of Tibetan politics, society, and religion that occurred in the seventeenth century.
Kingdom of Derge - WikiMili, The Best Wikipedia Reader
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Pelden Chime Takpai Dorje - The Treasury of Lives
WEBPelden Chime Takpai Dorje was the forty-fifth king of Derge and one of the last to rule the kingdom. He was enthroned following the Nyarong War, and was indebted to Lhasa for Tibetan intervention. He lost the support of his local chieftains as Derge fell into factional fighting, during which his Tibetan wife and younger son attempted to ...
Derge: The Jewel of Traditional Tibetan Buddhist Culture
WEBNot far from the border with central Tibet, this small town located more than 3200 meters above sea level was for a time the most important kingdom in the entire Kham region, which today is part of the Chinese provinces of Yunnan and from Sichuan.
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