Jamphel Gyatso
Also known as 8th Dalai Lama
8th Dalai Lama of Tibet (1758-1804)
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- Born
- 1758
- Died
- 1804
- Works
- 6
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- Yongs ʼdzin Ye-shes-rgyal-mtshan gyi rnam thar thub bstan padmo rgyas paʼi nyin byed
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- 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
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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.