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Jamphel Gyatso was a male human born in Tibet in 1758. He held the position of Dalai Lama and worked as a politician and writer. His religious worldview included Buddhism and the Rimé movement. He spoke Chinese.
He was a student of Ngawang Tshülthrim, Lobsang Palden Yeshe, and the 6th Panchen Lama. His students included Palden Tenpai Nyima, the 7th Panchen Lama, and Yeshe Lobzang Tenpai Gonpo. He was a sibling of the 4th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu and belonged to the Lhalu family.
Gyatso died in Lhasa in 1804. He is listed as the author 8th Dalai Lama with six works. Notable titles include *Yongs ʼdzin Ye-shes-rgyal-mtshan gyi rnam thar thub bstan padmo rgyas paʼi nyin byed* and *Rgyal dbang ʼJam-dpal-rgya-mtshoʼi gsung ʼbum bzhugs so*.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1758 births, 1804 deaths and 18th-century Tibetan people.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1758
- Died
- 1804
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Yongs ʼdzin Ye-shes-rgyal-mtshan gyi rnam thar thub bstan padmo rgyas paʼi nyin byed
- Rgyal dbang ʼJam-dpal-rgya-mtshoʼi gsung ʼbum bzhugs so
- Biography of Tshe-gling Yongs-'dzin Yeshes-rgyal-mtshan
- Dpal ldan bla ma dam pa rigs daṅ dkyil ʼkhor rgya mtshoʼi mṅaʼ bdag bkaʼ drin gsum ldan yoṅs ʼdzin Paṇḍi-ta chen po Rje-btsun Ye-śes-rgyal-mtshan dpal bzaṅ poʼi sku gsuṅ thugs kyi rtogs pa brjod pa thub bstan padmo ʼbyed paʼi ñin byed
- Rgyal ba sku ʼphreng brgyad pa ʼJam-dpal-rgya-mtshoʼi gsung ʼbum =
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Key facts
- Title
- 8th Dalai Lama
- Born
- c. 1758, Thobgyal, Ü-Tsang , Tibet
- Died
- 1804 (aged 45 – 46), Tibet
- Religion
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Period in office
- 1762–1804
- Predecessor
- 7th Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso
- Successor
- 9th Dalai Lama, Lungtok Gyatso
- Tibetan
- བྱམས་སྤེལ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
- Wylie
- 'jam dpal rgya mtsho
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Tibet
- Place of death
- Lhasa
- Sibling
- 4th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- Dalai Lama
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Religion
- Rimé movement
- Family
- Lhalu family
- Image
- Jamphel Gyatso, 8th Dalai Lama - AMNH - DSC06244.JPG
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- Commons category
- Jamphel Gyatso, 8th Dalai Lama
- date of birth
- 1758-01-01
- date of death
- 1804-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
The 8th Dalai Lama, Jamphel Gyatso (Tibetan: བྱམས་སྤེལ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: Jam Dpal Rgya Mtsho) (1758–1804) was recognized as the 8th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
Born in 1758 at Lhari Gang (Tob-rgyal Lha-ri Gang) in the Upper Ü-Tsang region of southwestern Tibet his father, Sonam Dhargye and mother, Phuntsok Wangmo, were originally from Kham. They were distant descendants of Dhrala Tsegyal, who was one of the major heroes of the Gesar epic.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jamphel Gyatso” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.